A soldier checks a resident's belongings at a checkpoint in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao in southern Philippines December 5, 2009. The military chief in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao took over as local governor after martial law was imposed on Saturday, following the country's worst election-related crime last month. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES CONFLICT CRIME LAW POLITICS)
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