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Philippines

Militants ambush army convoy

Philippine rebels exploited the havoc unleashed by this week's typhoon to attack an army relief convoy on Friday, authorities said, as the death toll from the storm rose to 41. Melor, a Category 3 typhoon when it made landfall in the central Philippines this week, died out in the South China Sea on Thursday. The guerrillas attacked the army relief convoy early on Friday, wounding two soldiers, a disaster management official said.