Philippines Declares Emergency After Violence

New York Times by Carlos H. Conde | Nov. 25, 2009 (News Report)

Two provinces in the troubled south of the Philippines were placed under emergency rule on Tuesday as authorities discovered more bodies of people who were abducted and slaughtered in violence tied to the country’s perennially violent election season. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Nov 24, 2009 - 12:10 AM PST
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Nov. 24, 2009

Doesn't do a great job of explaining the dynamics at work. There's an expectation of background on this story that I didn't have.

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 by kris yap - Nov. 24, 2009

i don't think there's a need to declare emergency. It's just that there are really really bad people out there.

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