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Condemning Violence: Philippines

Tulsa World - 1 hour 59 minutes ago

Protesters hold lighted candles while displaying placards during a rally Tuesday in Manila's Quezon City to condemn election violence in the southern Philippines.

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21 killed in Philippines in attack on journalists and Mangudadatu supporters
Washington Post - Tue Nov 24, 12:00 am ET
MANILA -- Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years.
4th typhoon in month lashes Philippines; 7 killed
Park Hills Daily Journal - Wed Nov 25, 12:22 am ET
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops Saturday to escape rising waters. Seven people died and at least five were missing.
Emergency declared in southern Philippines
UPI - Tue Nov 24, 7:32 am ET
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the southern region, scene of a massacre of several kidnap victims.
Filipino Journalist Escapes Political Massacre
New America Media - Tue Nov 24, 2:18 pm ET
A Filipino journalist recalls the events of the morning with his colleagues who were part of the 37-man media group of a gubernatorial bet's convoy, before many of them were found killed in a political massacre in southern Philippines. This Inquirer reporter shares how he narrowly escaped death.
Murder complaint filed against Hawaii man sought in 2 killings in Philippines
Honolulu Advertiser - Tue Nov 24, 9:04 am ET
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine police searched for an American who escaped after allegedly killing a government official's son in a road-rage shooting — the second homicide case against him, officials said Monday.
Death toll rises in Philippines massacre
CNN - Tue Nov 24, 10:58 pm ET
Bodies lie scattered in a rural field in the southern Philippines, some unearthed from a shallow grave hastily dug by the gunmen who seized the group of men and women just a day earlier.
EXTRA: At least 27 journalists among dead in Philippine massacre
EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours 29 minutes ago
Manila - At least 27 Filipino journalists were among those killed in a grisly massacre of more than 50 people in the southern Philippines, a regional police chief said Wednesday. Chief Superintendent Josefino Cataluna said the number of journalists k...
Parts Of Southern Philippines Under State Of Emergency After Massacre
Nasdaq - Tue Nov 24, 1:02 am ET
MANILA (AFP)--President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday put parts of the troubled southern Philippines under a state of emergency following a massacre of at least 22 people there, her spokesman said.
24 killed in election massacre in the Philippines
San Jose Mercury News - Mon Nov 23, 9:50 pm ET
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.
Philippines declares emergency rule after political violence - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 5:41 am ET
Manila - The Philippines Tuesday declared emergency rule and dispatched additional security forces to a southern province as the death toll in the country's worst-ever election-related violence reached 46. Police investigators dug up 24 bodies in sha...
EXTRA: Death toll hits 39 in political violence in Philippines
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 4:11 am ET
Manila - The death toll in election-related violence in the southern Philippines reached 39 Tuesday after police recovered more bodies from a shallow grave, police said. Fifteen bodies were found in the grave in a hilly area in Salman village in Ampa...
Massacre highlights lawlessness in the Philippines - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 2:41 am ET
Manila - The murder of at least 24 unarmed civilians in the southern Philippines has underscored the worsening state of lawlessness in the country under the government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The carnage was unmatched in brutality and r...
Philippines election violence
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 8:35 am ET
By United Press International MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- More than 20 people were kidnapped and killed in what officials said was violence related to next spring's elections in the Philippines
Philippines declares emergency after 24 killed
KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Tue Nov 24, 2:50 am ET
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed two southern provinces under a state of emergency Tuesday, giving security forces free hands to pursue gunmen who killed at least 24 people in one of the country's worst election massacres.
Philippines declares emergency rule after massacre - Update
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 1:41 am ET
Manila - The Philippines Tuesday declared emergency rule and dispatched additional security forces to a southern province where gunmen killed at least 24 people in the worst-ever election-related violence in the country. President Gloria Macapagal Ar...