Finiki, 68, is barefoot and wears a bright orange sulu, an orange tropical shirt, and a straw hat. |
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Heading into court in traditional Fijian sulu skirt, Speight looked calmly confident. |
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He gave only vague answers to questions on the alleged presence of foreign troops in combat areas such as Sulu Island. |
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Traditional Fijian clothing for men is a native kilt called a sulu. |
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The people in the Sulu islands have a long and enthusiastic history of tribal wars, raiding, slaving and piracy. |
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Sabah became part of Malaysia in 1963, and the country still pays a token rent to descendants of the Sultan of Sulu every year. |
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A tiny speck in the Sulu Sea offers a little known island paradise. |
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She said the government had invested a lot in the resort's security which is a popular tourist destination nestling in the azure waters of the Sulu Sea. |
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The fighting began on Tuesday and continued into early Wednesday in the town of Patikul on the island province of Sulu, a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf militants. |
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak should not increase the number of Malaysian forces engaged with the fighters of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu, Misuari said. |
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James Warren describes the Sulu slave trade, where captives were seized along the coast of many Southeast Asian countries and taken to the Sulu archipelago. |
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During the 1450s, Shari'ful Hashem Syed Abu Bakr, an Arab born in Johor, arrived in Sulu from Malacca. |
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The beginnings of this sculpture type started with the Islamization of Sulu. |
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Joint Task Group Sulu military commander Alan Arrojado identified the wounded militant as Ben Saudi, sub-leader of the Ajang-ajang subgroup of the Abu Sayyaf based in Sulu. |
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Bishop Martin Jumoad of Isabela told CNS that fighting had reached remote towns of his prelature located between Zamboanga and Sulu. |
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Dominated by members from the Tausug, Yakan and Sama tribe, the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu has been engaged in high-profile kidnappings over the past two decades. |
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States in Luzon, Sulu, Sumatra, and Brunei all established diplomatic relations with the Ming Empire and exchanged envoys and sent tribute to the Yongle Emperor. |
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Dayawan said the Abu Sayyaf, who had held them captive at a remote area in the Indianan town in Sulu, treated them well and often fed them with fried chicken. |
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In the last quarter of the 19th century, Spain conquered portions of Mindanao and the Moro Muslims in the Sulu Sultanate formally recognized Spanish sovereignty. |
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Gold from Sumatra is thought to have reached as far west as Rome, while a slave from the Sulu Sea was believed to have been used in Magellan's voyage as a translator. |
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