Philippine poll attack 'kills 21'

BBC News | Nov. 23, 2009 (News Report)

Twenty-one politicians and journalists abducted in the southern Philippines have been found dead, the army says. The group were seized on the southern island of Mindanao early on Monday. The military said they were taken by armed men as they tried to file nomination papers for a candidate in local elections next year. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Nov 23, 2009 - 2:32 AM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 23, 2009

Journalists killed while following a news story is important news to remember. The story is a little spotty, apparently due to early information from a remote part of Mindanao and the deaths of the reporters on the spot.

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