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Friday, November 30, 2007 (Philippines)
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| A Filipino radio reporter and a supporter shout as they are temporarily held inside a police bus outside the Manila Peninsula hotel in Makati, south of Manila, Thursday. (AP Photo) |
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MANILA –- The government enforced a curfew following a standoff Thursday afternoon at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City perpetrated by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and the Magdalo soldiers.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to impose a curfew from 12 midnight of Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday.
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