Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Philippine Mayor Is Charged in Massacre - NYTimes.com

Philippine Mayor Is Charged in Massacre - NYTimes.com:

Prosecutors charged the scion of a powerful political clan in the southern Philippines with 25 counts of murder Tuesday, eight days after the massacre of 57 people, more than half of them journalists and media workers.

... The victims were on their way to Shariff Aguak, the provincial capital, to file Mr. Mangudadatu’s candidacy papers for governor of Maguindanao, the post Mr. Ampatuan was seeking. ...

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