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Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, holds the championship belt at the finish of his WBO welterweight boxing title fight against Miguel Cotto, of Puerto Rico, in this Nov.

Philippine police cover behind an armored personnel carrier as they search one of the mansions of the Ampatuan clan in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Friday Dec.

The bodies of victims are recovered following the massacre of at least 46 kidnap victims on Monday in Ampatuan town, on November 24, 2009 in Maguindanao Province, Philippines.

Manny Pacquiao weighs in for his bout against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 13, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao submitted his candidacy for the 2010 elections Tuesday, his second attempt at a congressional seat.

Philippine prosecutors charged the heir of a powerful clan with murder Tuesday in the massacre of 57 people, more than half of them journalists or their staff who were accompanying the family and supporters of an election candidate.

Cerojano, Teresa - Filipino journalists and sympathizers hold the names of dead colleagues during a vigil calling for justice to the Maguindanao massacre victims at the historic Mendiola bridge, just outside the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Nov.

MANILA, Philippines Today is Thanksgiving Day for Americans. While as a people we don't need another excuse to have a family gathering , we can sure use a traditional day for giving thanks as a nation.

MANILA, Philippines: At least 21 people were murdered in the lawless southern Philippines on Monday in a shocking massacre that the military and relatives of the victims said was likely linked to a political rivalry.

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.

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine police searched for an American who escaped after allegedly killing a government official's son in a road-rage shooting - the second homicide case against him, officials said Monday.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 8:04 a.m. MANILA, Philippines - 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.

MANILA, Philippines Dozens of gunmen abducted and fatally shot at least 21 people in the southern Philippines on Monday - a massacre that appeared related to local politics.

A police official says 11 more bodies have been unearthed from a mass grave in the southern Philippines, bringing the death toll from a massacre of political supporters and journalists to 46.

Map locates Maguindanao province in the Philippines , where gunmen hijacked a convoy and killed at least 21 people MANILA, Philippines - MANILA, Philippines a ' Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers Monday, killing at least 21 people in a massacre considered shocking even for a region ...

MANILA, Philippines – Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years.

The region's military chief Major General Alfredo Cayton said on November 23, 2009 that the Philippine military was scouring other areas of Maguindanao province for members of a group of local politicians and journalists that were abducted in the area.

Francis Chua, chairman of the 10th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention organizing committee, delivers a report at the closing ceremony of the 10th WCEC in Manila, capital of the Philippines, on Nov.

More than 3,000 Chinese businessmen from around the globe have gathered for the 10th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention in Manila.

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