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Saturday, March 15, 2008 (Philippines)
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| Protesters, mostly youths and students, shout slogans with clenched fists during a rally Friday at a Manila square in continuing protest over a raging corruption scandal that has plagued the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (AP Photo) |
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MANILA -- Thousands of students and left-wing activists pressed their call for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's resignation Friday in the third mass protest in a month over corruption allegations implicating her and her husband.
Several Roman Catholic bishops and dozens of priests and nuns critical of Arroyo joined the rally at a park in central Manila.
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