| Evacuees wait beside rice sacks from the World Food Program in Pikit town, North Cotabato, Southern Philippines, Wednesday. (AP photo) |
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DAVAO CITY -- A nine-year-old girl and her 80-year-old grandmother died in the crossfire between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government troops in Barangay Takepan, Aleosan town in North Cotabato.
The body of another civilian killed in the firefight was not recovered immediately due to the presence of the MILF in the area. The rebels pulled out from the barangay only Tuesday noon.
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