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Philippines' deadliest massacre tests government

Quick ReadDiscovery of mass grave brings election massacre deaths to 46, tests Philippines government

AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) — A few miles (kilometers) off the main highway, on a remote hilltop covered with waist-high grass, bodies lay with twisted hands reaching in the air. They had been shot point-blank.

Nearby, bodies were being laid out under banana leaves Tuesday as police — their faces covered against the stench — unearthed a mass grave containing 22 victims from Monday's ambush...

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