A student holds a bunch of flowers, as prayer offerings for the victims of election-related violence in Maguindanao province, southern Philippines, while shouting anti-government slogans during a protest outside the presidential palace in Manila November 24, 2009. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed two southern provinces and a city under emergency rule on Tuesday after 24 people were killed in the worst-ever election related violence in the country. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES POLITICS CRIME LAW ELECTIONS CONFLICT)
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