Evacuees walk inside evacuation camp in Datu Piang, Maguindanao province, the Philippines, Feb. 17, 2009. A 45-minute clash broke out between militants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine troops in the predominant Muslim zones in Maguindanao province, ignoring the appeal of a Brussel-based crisis group to both sides to lay down guns to discuss a ceasefire. The Red Cross were distributing relief to the people displaced in the area.[Xinhua]
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