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A leading suspect in the Philippines' worst militant attack - the 2004 Manila Bay ferry bombing - is arrested in Bahrain.

A chronology of key events

The Philippine Supreme Court opens a hearing on a controversial autonomy deal with southern Muslim separatists.

The Philippine government gives Muslim rebels it says are occupying villages in the south 24 hours to vacate, or face action.

Australian aviation authorities announce a special review of airline Qantas, after three safety scares in eight days.

Qantas boss Geoff Dixon denies corrosion caused a hole in the body of the plane that was forced to land in Manila.

A Qantas plane makes an emergency landing in Manila as a hole in its belly causes it to lose cabin pressure, an official says.

Hundreds of people are missing after a ferry sank in the Philippines, prompting relatives and the president to ask what went wrong.

Hundreds of people are still missing after a Philippine ferry carrying some 800 people capsized on Saturday in a storm.

More than 700 people are missing from a ferry which capsized off the Philippines in heavy seas in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen.

A man shoots dead eight people, including five children, in a gun rampage near the Philippines capital, Manila.

The Philippines bans organ transplants for foreigners because of illegal trade of kidneys taken from the poor.

Three Middle Eastern men are arrested in the Philippines accused of a plot to bomb foreign embassies in Manila.

Twenty of Manila City's poorest residents battle what they say is a ban on contraception, reports the BBC's Philippa Fogarty.

A gunman shoots dead a former mayor at a court hearing in the Philippine capital, Manila.

The Philippines armed forces chief says 53 officers who mutinied in 2003 are set to be freed from custody.

Troops line the streets of Manila as soldiers who led a failed mutiny last month return to court.

Authorities in the Philippines' capital ban Christmas carol singing on the city's streets for safety reasons.

Philippine police officers are issued with Father Christmas hats in a bid to help them get closer to the public.

Philippine papers express exasperation at the latest coup attempt following a stand-off at a luxury Manila hotel.

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