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China Daily | Updated: 2015-03-31 08:14
The Philippines
Offensive against rebels in south ends
The Philippines military chief said a monthlong offensive against hard-line Muslim rebels in the south has ended after 139 insurgents were killed, 12 others were captured and their bomb-making strongholds seized by troops. Chief of Staff General Gregorio Pio Catapang told a news conference on Monday that 10 soldiers were killed and 30 others were wounded in the offensive in the marshy boundary of Maguindanao and North Cotabato provinces.
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