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Turn Up the heat

The Associated Press | Sat, 03/06/2010 1:22 PM | World

Turn up the heat: A protester portraying President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is surrounded by others carrying native tray written with slogans during a rally dramatizing the plight of farmers in the present El Nino-triggered drought in the country Saturday, near the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. The protesters assailed the government for their alleged inaction and that the financial assistance for the farmers should reach its intended beneficiaries. Text at right reads "P1.7 billion (US$3.7 million) El Nino fund should be allotted to rice farming." AP/Pat Roque
A protester portraying President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is surrounded by others carrying native tray written with slogans during a rally dramatizing the plight of farmers in the present El Nino-triggered drought in the country Saturday, near the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. The protesters assailed the government for their alleged inaction and that the financial assistance for the farmers should reach its intended beneficiaries. Text at right reads "P1.7 billion (US$3.7 million) El Nino fund should be allotted to rice farming." AP/Pat Roque
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