10 dead in Philippine clash

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10 dead in Philippine clash
Philippines – NINE communist rebels and one soldier were killed after the military raided a guerrilla camp in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the army said, adding fighting was ongoing. Soldiers backed by two helicopter gunships clashed with gunmen from the communist New People’s Army (NPA) around Valencia town on the violence-wracked southern island of Mindanao, spokesman Major Michelle …