Philippine Newsman Slain
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CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — Gunmen burst into a house in a village 500 miles south of Manila and shot to death a newspaper columnist critical of President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ government, police said Friday. The death of Claro Chavez, 41, who wrote for the English-language Philippine Daily Tribune, brings to 13 the number of journalists killed in the Philippines this year.
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