Malaysian troops have killed at least 13 fighters believed to be a part of an armed Philippine group staking a decades-old claim to a southern territory.
ກຳລັງມາເລເຊຍ ສູ້ລົບກັບ ກຸ່ມປະກອບອາວຸດ ຟີລິບປິນ
![Riot police guard the Malaysian Embassy east of Manila following a protest against Malaysia's military assault on a Philippine armed group on Borneo Island, March 5, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/34ab7a1d-fb80-45cc-9b49-08b2f48c3f32_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot police guard the Malaysian Embassy east of Manila following a protest against Malaysia's military assault on a Philippine armed group on Borneo Island, March 5, 2013.
![Coffins of Malaysian police who were killed on Saturday in Semporna in Sabah state, are carried after their arrival at an airport in Subang, outside Kuala Lumpur, March 4, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/69909f23-83c8-4e4e-b58f-08a0ac71b68d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Coffins of Malaysian police who were killed on Saturday in Semporna in Sabah state, are carried after their arrival at an airport in Subang, outside Kuala Lumpur, March 4, 2013.
![Philippine residents who fled Malaysia's Sabah state arrive with their belongings in the southern Philippines, March 4, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4c346e5b-77a5-45d1-b5d7-7e08532bf9a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Philippine residents who fled Malaysia's Sabah state arrive with their belongings in the southern Philippines, March 4, 2013.
![Philippine residents who fled the Malaysian state of Sabah arrive with their belongings at the port of Jolo, in the southern Philippines, March 4, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/949529e3-7039-4597-b740-06a0c96c6b65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Philippine residents who fled the Malaysian state of Sabah arrive with their belongings at the port of Jolo, in the southern Philippines, March 4, 2013.