PHILIPPINE SOLDIERS STOP A BUS IN COTABATO PRIOR TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Philippine marines stop a public bus to inspect its travellers, as they man a checkpoint in Cotabato city on the main southern island of Mindanao May 10. Police and military stationed in the Mindanao region have been positioned to thwart any violence ahead of Monday's presidential elections.
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