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25 Dec 2008

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GMA News [Philippines]

Group condemns killing of anti-mining leader [Philippines]

A leader of an anti-mining group fighting for the stoppage of mining operations in Compostela Valley was brutally killed Tuesday night by unidentified suspects…PhilCo mining and other mining companies...[have] been blamed for the… destruction of the environment which has also affected the livelihood of the people…[The environmental group] Panalipdan…has blamed the military for Sarmiento’s killing due to his anti-mining advocacies…