Philippines slap murder charges on massacre suspect

A backhoe lifts the wreckage of a local television network's vehicle that was unearthed from a shallow grave at the site of a massacre of a political clan that included several journalists in the outskirts of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in southern Philippines, November 25, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
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Reuters - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine police filed murder charges on Thursday against the main suspect in the massacre of 57 people in the south of he country this week as authorities moved to dismantle his clan's control over the region.

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