Former Philippines Governor Dies While on Trial for Murder

The patriarch of a powerful Philippine clan, the main suspect in the 2009 massacre of a rival family and dozens of journalists, has died. Andal Ampatuan Sr., the former governor of Maguindanao province on the southern island of Mindanao, died late Friday in a government hospital.  He had been in a coma after suffering a recent heart attack. Ampatuan, along with more than 100 other people, including several of his sons, was on trial, charged with multiple murder for killing 58...

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