The World - News from March 18, 1985
Philippine soldiers killed 67 Communist rebels in five days of fighting on southern Mindanao Island, a Manila newspaper reported. The paper, Bulletin Today, quoted military reports as saying two soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in the clashes with guerrillas in three Mindanao provinces. In the past, human rights groups have disputed government claims of anti-rebel successes in the countryside, contending that some of those killed were innocent civilians.
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