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 MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A "significant" number of killings of left-wing activists can be linked to Philippine soldiers, a U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday, urging the military to investigate and categorically denounce the crimes.
Philip Alston, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, said he could not determine the exact number of victims because of conflicting figures provided by the government and left-wing groups.
"But I am certain the number is high enough to be distressing," he told reporters after a 10-day fact-finding mission.
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