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Arrests under Philippines martial law

Dec. 5, 2009
Troops in the southern Philippines early Sunday took advantage of martial law to hunt down those believed responsible for last week's killings there.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic