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Friday, May 26, 2006 (Philippines)
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| Protesters shout slogans as riot police drive them away from the Department of Justice building in Manila during a protest to kick off a nationwide indignation marking the third month of detention of leftist lawmaker Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran Thursday. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- In what appeared to be a government double take, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday ordered the police to immediately release five alleged assassins of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and some top-rank Cabinet officials.
One of the five arrested claimed police tortured him and showed the bruises and contusions on his body.
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Top Stories
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Couple who worked as pimps executed
| CEBU CITY -- A couple who has been linked to the sex trade was shot dead last Wednesday night at a busy downtown intersection less than 10 blocks away from a police precinct. |
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City loses millions in cable robbery
| DAVAO CITY -- Robbers who target cable wires have cost Davao City millions of pesos in terms of losses in the local economy, officials of the Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications (PLDT) said Thursday during a press forum. |
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2 killed in Jolo attacks; Sayyafs blamed
| ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants gunned down two civilians in separate attacks in the southern island of Jolo, police and military said Thursday. |
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