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Article: At least 7 dead in S. Philippine killings
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 1, 2009
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At least 7 dead in S. Philippine killings
COTABATO, Philippines, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in the
vendetta killings over a land dispute last week in the southern
Philippines has reached seven, officials said on Monday.
Thirty-eight families have also fled their houses in the remote
village of Sibuano, South Cotabato province, following the on-and-
off fighting between a Christian clan and natives, Remegio Roxas, a
local director of the Philippine National Red Cross, told a local
radio station.
Six Filipino residents, including two children, were initially
killed on Feb. 26 in a massacre staged by armed men in the southern
village.
The victims were inside their house when the ...