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        Philippines Considering Pulling Peacekeepers from Golan Heights

   The Philippine government is considering pulling all of its members of
   a UN peacekeeping team out of the Golan Heights, after four of them
   were kidnapped by Syrian rebels.
   Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said Friday that he had
   recommended to President Benigno Aquino that the more than 300
   peacekeepers be pulled out of the region. Del Rosario told reporters
   that if Mr. Aquino approves it, the pullout would be conducted as soon
   as possible.
   Syrian rebels seized the four Philippine service members at an
   observation post in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, only two months after
   freeing 21 Filipino soldiers, who were abducted by the same group and
   held for four days.
   Del Rosario called the abduction a violation of international law and
   said Filipinos should not be subjected to those tactics.
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