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Urgent: Duterte declares ceasefire to reciprocate rebel truce

Xinhua, August 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared on Saturday a ceasefire to pave the way for the peace talks with communist rebels in Oslo, Norway next week, Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza told a news conference. Endit