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130K Flee Rebels in Philippines

Battles with Islamic separatists threaten humanitarian disaster

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 12, 2008 7:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fighting in the southern Philippines between government forces and Islamic separatists has now displaced 130,000 people, the New York Times reports, and welfare officials are warning of a humanitarian disaster as battles once confined to two provinces have spread throughout the island of Mindanao....   Read full story »

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