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| In this handout photo released by Malacanang palace, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, center, talks to Maj. Gen. Benito Ramos, Commanding General of the Special Operations Command during her visit at Fort Magsaysay,Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines on Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006. Philippine troops, backed by rocket-firing helicopters, killed at least 18 communist rebels in a remote northern farming town in one of the bloodiest battles in months, officials said. (AP Photo/Malacanang Palace, Rodolfo Manabat, HO) |


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| In this photo provided by OPS (Office of the Press Secretary) Malacanang Palace, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, right, pins the Gold Cross Medal on 2nd Lt. Ali Sumangil during awarding rites Monday Feb.6, 2006 at Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac province in northern Philippines. Sumangil and other members of his unit figured in an encounter with communist New People's Army rebels that resulted in the killing of at least 10 rebels. (AP Photo/OPS Malacanang Palace, Rico Borja, HO) |

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| In this photo provided by OPS (Office of the Press Secretary) Malacanang Palace, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , center, inspects firearms allegedly from the communist New People's Army rebels during her visit to Santa Ignacia town, Tarlac province in northern Philippines Monday Feb. 6, 2006. The firearms were seized following a Jan.31, 2006 encounter which resulted in the killing of at least 10 rebels. At left is Armed Forces Chief Gen. Generoso Senga and at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/OPS Malacanang Palace, Rico Borja, HO) |