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Philippines: Emergency declared as massacre toll hits 46
SANIAG, Philippines: The Philippines declared a state of emergency in parts of the volatile south on Tuesday as anger spiralled over a savage political massacre that left at least 46 people dead. Police on Mindanao island pulled bullet-riddled bodies from shallow graves after gunmen allegedly hired by a local political chief abducted and shot dead a [...] -
Philippines: 24 killed in election massacre
MANILA, Philippines — Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers, killing at least 24 people in a massacre considered shocking even for a region notorious for violence between rival clans. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said at least 10 local reporters were part of [...]