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Originally Posted by Bowerbird But there have been many, many other examples of peaceful revolution since Gandhi - Philippines comes to mind

1. More bombs in south Philippines

   At least six people have been killed and many others wounded when a powerful bomb exploded on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines.
   
   Military officials said several of the wounded were in a critical condition and the death toll could rise.
   Tuesday, 7 July 2009 LINK

2. Philippines: Bomb scare grips the country
   Saturday, July 11th, 2009 @ 03:05 UTC LINK

   Several Philippine cities have been hit by bomb blasts in the past week. Bombs exploded in Jolo, Iligan City, Kauswagan, Cotabato City and Datu Piang. In Metro Manila a plot to bomb the office of the Ombudsman, Department of Agriculture and in Katipunan, Quezon City was discovered by authorities. More than 60 bomb attacks have been reported this year in the country.

3. WFP aid operation disrupted by bombings in S Philippines

   www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-09 13:55:59 Article LINK
   
   MANILA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has decided to suspend its food aid operation in the war-affected southern Philippines after a series of bombing attacks there that killed 12 civilians and injured about 100 others over the past days.
   
   Alghassim Wurie, WFP deputy country director to the Philippines, said the decision to halt food distribution for a week – starting from Wednesday -- in Mindanao was made out of concern for the safety of its workers following the spate of bombing attacks since Sunday.
   
   On Tuesday morning, two separate bombings rocked the restive southern and killed six civilians, pushing the death toll to 12 in bombings there in only three days.
   
   Around 7:50 a.m. local time (2350 GMT Monday), an improvised bomb -- attached to a motorcycle -- went off in front of a store, about 100 meters from a Mt. Carmel church in Jolo, Sulu province, killing six civilians and wounded about 40 others, including three policemen responding to the information from civilians who noticed protruding electrical wires on the parked motorcycle.
   
   

Part of the first videoed speech by any President was by President Calvin Coolidge said:
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves.