Government forces in the southern Philippines have launched an offensive against Muslim rebels as fighting escalates in this part of Asia's largest Catholic country.<br /><br />In the city of Zamboanga commandos exchanged fire with a breakaway faction of the Moro National Liberation Front who are holding dozens of hostages.<br /><br />Some 13,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
