Philippines

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Villagers fleeing the fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels occupy the center median of a boulevard in Zamboanga, Philippines, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Government troopers inspect their surroundings during the continuing standoff with Muslim rebels on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, in Zamboanga city in the southern Philippines. The standoff, which began Monday when about 200 Moro National Liberation Front guerrillas stormed several coastal communities in Zamboanga city and seized several residents, has displaced more than 60,000, forced the closure of businesses and resulted in more than 50 deaths so far. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Two soldiers lay wounded after a mortar landed near them as the government troopers continue their assault at Muslim rebels who have taken scores of hostages and used them as human shields for the fifth straight day Friday Sept. 13, 2013 at Zamboanga city in southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Smoke rises from a neighborhood where about 200 Muslim rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the Philippine government, are believed to be holding scores of hostages as human shields at the southern port city of Zamboanga, in southern Philippines for the second day, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Police investigators on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, examine the contents of the wallet of a victim of a collision between the passenger ferry MV Thomas Aquinas and the cargo ship Sulpicio Express Siete near Cebu, Philippines, on Friday night. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Kabang, a two-year-old injured mixed breed, is cuddled by Filipino veterinarian Anton Lim upon arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines, early Saturday June 8, 2013 from San Francisco, Calif. Kabang that lost half her face saving the lives of two girls returned home after treatment at the University of California, Davis, veterinary hospital for seven months with $27,000 in donations raised in the Philippines and abroad. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Residents of North Cotabato province in the southern Philippines look at boulders that partially blocked a highway on Sunday, June 2, 2013, after a magnitude-5.7 earthquake hit late Saturday. (AP Photo/North Cotabato Provincial Office)