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Philippine president lifts martial law in southern province
[Iran Press TV Latest] Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has lifted martial law in the southern province of Maguindanao. On Saturday, government sources announced that martial law would end at 9:00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT) after Arroyo met her top security advisers in the capital Manila, AFP reported. Martial law was imposed on December 4 in the country's second-poorest province to help police detain members of the powerful Ampatuan clan, blamed for a wave of violence on November 23 that left several members of a rival clan and some journalists dead. Posted by: Fred 2009-12-13 |
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