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Philippines: Ampatuan clan leader pleads innocent to massacre

Philippines: Ampatuan clan leader pleads innocent to massacre

By Wed, Jun 01, 2011 2:30AM UTC View Comments Philippines: Ampatuan clan leader pleads innocent to massacre

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The patriarch of a powerful clan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he masterminded the 2009 massacre of at least 57 political opponents and journalists in the Philippines’ worst election-related killings. Andal Ampatuan Sr. was arraigned in a special court inside a Manila maximum-security prison, 18 months after he and a...

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Report: Appeals court to deny Ampatuan bid to quash massacre case

By Mon, Jan 31, 2011 3:23PM UTC View Comments President Arroyo seen with regional governor Zaldy Ampatuan and former Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr.

The Philippines’ Court of Appeals is reportedly set to issue today a decision denying a motion of the patriarch of the Ampatuan political clan said to be behind the Nov. 23, 2009 Maguindanao Massacre to quash the criminal information filed against him by authorities. According to a reliable source, the court is set to hand...

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