The Philippines? Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order yesterday halting a territorial deal between the government and Muslim separatists in the latest setback for peace in the nation?s volatile south. The agreement between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the country?s largest Muslim rebel group, was set to be signed in Kuala Lumpur today after more than 10 years of stop-start talks. ?There will be no signing tomorrow. I got a call from the (Supreme) court,? Jesus Dureza, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo?s spokesman, told Reuters. The deal was meant to widen an existing autonomous region for Muslims in the south of the largely Catholic country and give them wide political and economic powers, including control over mineral wealth in an area rich in nickel, gold, gas and oil.