Mr. Andreotti was prime minister of that coalition when Aldo Moro, a fellow Christian Democrat leader, was kidnapped in March 1978 by the Red Brigades, a left-leaning terrorist group.

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The outgoing government of Fidel Ramos had similar hopes of success, and in 1996 signed a peace deal with the Moro National Liberation Front, the main independence movement.

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As of this year, all its wood collections are made in the U.S. A series of wood-banded pieces called Moro, previously imported from China, is now made in Vermont by longtime company supplier Lyndon Woodworking.

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The Philippines has signed a framework peace plan with the country's largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

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