Sunday, January 25, 2009

Sulu sultans bid to reclaim lost kingdom

For hundreds of years, Muslim sultans ruled the southern Philippines and the northern part of the island of Borneo.

They leased their land to the British in colonial times - and the territory is now divided between Malaysia and the Philippines.

But as Al Jazeera's Marga Ortigas reports from Sulu, the descendents of the ancient monarchs have not given up hope of one day reclaiming their kingdom.

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