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Wed 11 Nov 2009Philippines in shock as tally from massacre in south reaches 46
IT HAS been called the darkest day in the history of journalism, as at least 12 reporters were among the 46 people slaughtered in election-related killings in Maguindanao province on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
The massacre is the latest outrage to strike the troubled region, where Irish priest Fr Michael Sinnott was kidnapped weeks ago but released unharmed.
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