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Philippine rice farmer killed as drought protest turns violent - demonstration leader [1]

Philippine police opened fire as a protest by thousands of rice farmers who lost their crops turned violent on Friday, killing one and wounding about a dozen, a leader of a farming group said.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2016
Reuters [2]
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Agriculture [3], Droughts [4], Philippines [5], Conflicts [6], Farmers [7], El Nino [8]
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