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Philippine president declares emergency rule over plot
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-24 11:25
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of
emergency Friday, saying she had quashed a coup plot but that the Philippines still
faced a "clear threat" from treasonous forces.
Government troopers
arrive with their Armoured Personnel Carriers to reinforce their comrades
at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Headquarters at suburban Quezon
city, northeast of Manila, following an alleged attempted coup Friday Feb.
24, 2006. The military tried to quash a possible coup attempt Friday,
arresting an army general accused of involvement in the plan and urging
soldiers not to get involved in politics by joining demonstrations calling
for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to quit.
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Clashes erupted as riot police used water cannons to disperse about 5,000
protesters defying a ban on rallying at a shrine to the 1986 "people power"
uprising that toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Police then used truncheons and shields to break up a stone-throwing group
trying to gather for a second protest. Several people were arrested; others were
left bloodied.
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