PHILIPPINES: Blood feuds cause of Mindanao deaths: report

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Updated October 25, 2007 19:55:35

Killings in the southern Philippines have for the most part been blamed on the ongoing Muslim separatism and communist insurgency. But a new report released by the Asia Foundation says the major cause of day to day violence in Mindanao is not the well-publicised separatist conflict but rather localised clan conflicts.

Presenter: Linda LoPresti
Speakers: Steven Rood, Philippines Representative of the Asia Foundation

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