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05-14-2007, 01:17 PM
yahoo Security forces were on high alert Monday as Filipinos voted in local and congressional elections seen as unlikely to end the instability and political violence that left more than 100 people dead during the campaign. In a race seen as a proxy for a power struggle between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the disgraced ex-leader she replaced, opinion polls showed the opposition certain to retain control of the Senate and the House of Representatives likely to remain in the hands of Arroyo's backers. Read more... (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070514/ap_on_re_as/philippines_election _1;_ylt=AlDlyEr_klQI 3b2z9f7HBHdUKYUA)