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More Filipino families suffer from hunger in Q3 2015

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HUNGER. A Filipino couple try to feed their children as they share a bowl of rice at a roadside in an urban poor district of Quezon City, east of Manila. File photo by Rolex dela Pena/EPA

MANILA, Philippines (Nov. 3, 2015) — More than 3 million families are estimated to have suffered from involuntary hunger during the 3rd quarter of 2015, a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey reported.

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20 Abu Sayyaf militants slain in Mindanao clashes – military

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File photo of Filipino soldiers in Sulu

MANILA, Philippines (Aug. 20, 2015) — Soldiers clashed with Abu Sayyaf Muslim extremists on two islands in the southern Philippines leaving 20 of the rebels dead even as fighting continued to rage, according to the military.

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