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Filipino civilian security volunteers man a checkpoint in the residential village as it enters the ninth day of a stand-off between government troops and rebels, in the residential village in Zamboanga city, southern Philippines, 17 September 2013. (EPA, Martin Cuenca)


Nearly 100 Philippine rebels killed or captured

Nearly 100 Philippine rebels killed or captured

by | Sep 17, 2013 | World

Zamboanga, Associated Press—Philippine forces have killed or captured nearly 100 of the Muslim guerrillas who have held scores of hostages for a week in a southern city, as the government pushes ahead with an offensive to retake rebel-held coastal communities,...