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Philippine troops killed in rebel ambush

A rebel ambush on a Philippine army patrol south of Manila has killed 11 soldiers, a military spokesman said.

A reconnaissance platoon was ambushed by about 60 guerrillas while on patrol outside Mansalay township on Mindoro island, a statement said. The troops had been sent to the area to stop communist rebels of the New People's Army extorting money from candidates ahead of May's elections. It was the army's biggest death-toll in battles with the rebels this year.

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