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Journalists protest massacre in Philippines

Published: November 30, 2009 9:03 AM
By The Associated Press  TERESA CEROJANO (Associated Press Writer)

Quick ReadJournalists march near presidential palace to protest massacre in southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Some 1,000 journalists and activists marched Monday in the capital to protest the massacre in the southern Philippines of 57 civilians, including at least 30 journalists and their staff in the world's deadliest attack on the media.

Clad mostly in black shirts and carrying a black mock coffin as well as placards calling for a stop to media killings, they demanded...

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