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Death toll in Philippine political massacre rise to 52 (Extra)
Nov 25, 2009, 5:36 GMT
Manila - Philippine security forces Wednesday dug up two vehicles and five more bodies from the site of a massacre linked to a political rivalry, bringing the death toll to 52.
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Ponce, a regional military spokesman, said the two vehicles and bodies were found in a second grave site in Salman village in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province, 930 kilometres south of Manila.
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