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MANILA: Philippine police filed murder charges yesterday against the main suspect in the massacre of 57 people in the south of the country this week as authorities moved to dismantle his clan's control over the region.

The Philippines this year has been the world's most dangerous country for journalists, an official of the advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists told CNN's "Amanpour" program Wednesday.

MANILA: At least 21 people were killed in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao yesterday, in what the authorities described as one of the country*s worst cases of political violence in recent memory.

AMPATUAN, Philippines - AMPATUAN, Philippines a ' Officials found 11 more bodies Wednesday at the site of an attack on an election caravan in the south, bringing the death toll in the massacre to 57, and police said they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the president's administration.

At least 57 people were killed in the stunning massacre of journalists, civilians and relatives of politicians in the volatile southern Philippines as more bodies were unearthed from a mass grave, military and police officials said.

UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon Wednesday condemned the mass killing of more than 50 people in Maguindanao in relation to the 2010 elections.

Police in the Philippines are looking for a Hawaii man who allegedly killed the son of a government official during a road-rage shooting.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo directed the country's military to search for gunmen in the hostage-and-killing in Maguindanao province Monday.

Alarm is being raised over the rising number of political killings in the Philippines in the run-up to the May 2010 national and local elections, with the toll expected to rise further as the elections near.

Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers, killing at least 24 people in a massacre considered shocking even for a region notorious for violence between rival clans.

A former Philippine National Police officer who served time in prison for receiving classified U.S. government documents is facing an extradition hearing on murder charges.

Army officials said 100 gunmen surrounded the group of about 40 people -- many local journalists and women among them -- and ordered them out of their vehicles.

Gunmen abducted and killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines on Monday, apparently to prevent a woman filing her husband's nomination to run for provincial governor in elections next year, the military said.

CEBU CITY, Philippines - Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced today the expansion of its knowledge and skills enhancement initiative in the Philippines called the Integrated University Program with the launch of its regional laboratory center at Cebu Technological University Main Campus.

Philippine police yesterday launched a manhunt for a British man suspected of killing the son of a senior aide of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during a traffic altercation.

Manny Pacquiao is a box office hit, selling 1.25 million pay-per-views for his fight with Miguel Cotto in a performance that could set up the richest fight ever against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Friday said Chinese entrepreneurs have played an important role to cushion the impacts of global financial crisis and help bring the world out from recession.

Myanmar's Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shake hands at the ASEAN-U.S. leaders meeting in Singapore on Nov.

The ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD formally proclaimed on Thursday former Defense Secretary Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro and former Optical Media Board chair Edu Manzano as their presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the May 10, 2010 polls.

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