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Saturday, November 22, 2008 (Philippines)

Checkpoint yields high-powered gun

DAVAO. Militants shave their heads in front of the Court of Appeals to dramatize their protest against aerial spraying in banana plantation. (Jeff M. Tupas)

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Authorities intercepted an unlicensed high-powered firearm in a highway inspection along Kabacan-Cotabato highway on Friday.

Senior Inspector Frank Anito, chief of Kabacan Police, said an unlicensed M-16 armalite rifle was found in the possession of two police officers assigned in Maguindanao province.

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	Local News
Pagasa warns of slides, flashfloods in Davao THE country's weather bureau has warned of possible landslides and flashfloods that may be caused by an inter-tropical convergent zone over Southern Mindanao while the tail end of a cold front is affecting Northern Luzon. [full story]
US to help in Mindanao rehab plan KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The United States government has earmarked a grant of $2.5 million (P112.5 million) to restore the villages ravaged by hostilities in Southern Mindanao. [full story]
Environmentalists shave heads to protest delay in CA ruling TIRED of waiting for the Court of Appeals (CA) resolution on the controversial ordinance banning aerial spraying, some members of the militant group Mamayan Ayaw sa Aerial (MAA) Spraying shaved off their heads. [full story]

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