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Condemning Violence: Philippines

Tulsa World - Wed Nov 25, 3:40 am ET

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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UNICEF worker killed in southern Philippines
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 27, 2:41 am ET
Manila - A Filipino worker with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in the southern Philippines, a police report said Friday. Police identified the victim as Nestor Bulahan, an employee of the UNICEF in...
Police officers rounded up in Philippines
UPI - Fri Nov 27, 3:44 pm ET
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- More than 300 police and paramilitary personnel have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Mindanao massacre, Philippine officials said Friday.
4th typhoon in month lashes Philippines; 7 killed
Park Hills Daily Journal - 48 minutes ago
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.
Philippines Mangyan tribe on indefinite hunger strike over Norwegian Mining Project
UN Observer - Fri Nov 27, 6:25 pm ET
2009-11-27 | FROM PIPLINKS: (Need letters of support) Please contact whit@piplinks.org for more info. See forwarded media reports below of hunger strike by Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines in Manila, outside the headquarters of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, in relation to the issuance of a mining concession in the Mangyans ancestral ...
Cadaver hunt in Philippines massacre ends: police
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 28, 12:29 am ET
Police have ended a grisly search for corpses and mass graves from an election-linked massacre in the southern Philippines, with the known death toll standing at 57, officials said Saturday.
Former AP stringer among 57 dead in Philippines
NBC26 Green Bay - Wed Nov 25, 11:36 am ET
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Alejandro "Bong" Reblando, a veteran Filipino journalist and former Associated Press stringer, was among at least 18 reporters killed in an attack on an election caravan, authorities said. He was 53.
Filipino Who Lost Wife in Massacre Files Candidacy
International Herald Tribune - Fri Nov 27, 1:50 am ET
AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) -- A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy Friday for the election.
Filipino vice mayor, undeterred by massacre, runs for governor
Arizona Daily Star - Sat Nov 28, 2:06 am ET
SHARIFF AGUAK, Philippines — Undeterred by the deadly attack that killed 57 in a campaign convoy, Ismael Mangudadatu filed to run for governor of Maguindanao province Friday, heavily guarded by police and soldiers.
Arrests in Philippines' kidnap-slaughter
UPI - Thu Nov 26, 12:29 am ET
MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Philippines' ruling coalition expelled members of a political clan allegedly linked to the election-related massacre as arrests began Thursday of suspects.
100 suspects sought for Philippines massacre
CNN - Fri Nov 27, 4:52 am ET
One hundred more suspects -- including police officers -- could face arrest over massacre in the Philippines, a government official said Friday after authorities charged the alleged architect of the killings.
Election Violence Hits New Heights in Philippines
The Online NewsHour - Fri Nov 27, 5:40 pm ET
This week, authorities in Maguindanao, in the southern Philippines, made the grizzly discovery of 57 bodies of those who were attacked while traveling in a convoy to file candidacy papers for provincial governor.
Philippines prepares to charge suspect in massacre
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 8:49 pm ET
Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country's worst election violence.
Top suspect blames rebels for Philippines massacre
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 8:34 pm ET
The alleged mastermind of an election-linked massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines blamed Muslim rebels, in a dramatic interview from behind bars aired on local television on Friday.
Filipino widowed by massacre files candidacy papers
The Champaign News-Gazette - Fri Nov 27, 11:18 am ET
AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) – The Philippine politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy papers Friday, vowing only his death could stop him. Prosecutors, meanwhile, said two holidays mean they have to wait until Tuesday to file murder charges against the main suspect, Andal Ampatuan Jr., the scion ...
Ismael Mangudadatu, Filipino Politician Who Lost Wife In Massacre, Files Candidacy
The Huffington Post - Fri Nov 27, 11:27 am ET
What's Your Reaction? AMPATUAN, Philippines — The Philippine politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy papers Friday, vowing only his death could stop him.