The Free Press Journal

Militants occupy Philippine­s mkt

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militants on Saturday occupied a part of a public market in a southern Philippine town as they fled an offensive by government troops, the militar y said. They numbered around 80 men fired their guns in the air as they swooped down on the market in Datu Paglas town in Maguindana­o province, 960 km from Manila, reporterd dpa news agency.

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