Newsline 26 November 2009: A prominent local politician is detained in connection with Monday's massacre in the Philippines; a website leaks transcripts of the messages sent by US intelligence agencies as 9/11 unfolded; and we meet Salima - a symbol of the campaign against female genital mutilation.

Philippines massacre suspect in custody
A prominent member of a powerful clan has been taken into custody in The Philippines, suspected of involvement in last Monday's massacre. 57 people died in the election-linked killings in Maguindanao province - at least 18 were journalists. Local mayor Andal Ampatuan Junior turned himself in but denies having orchestrated the killings. And, as Manila-based journalist Marites Vitug tells Newsline, this high-profile suspect is getting high-profile treatment.
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9/11 messages leaked
More than half a million pager messages related to the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York have been leaked to a website. The messages were sent by US emergency and security services as events unfolded. The transcripts reveal the chaos, confusion and personal tragedy of the day's events as they happened. The Wikileaks website has published the transcipts online. Their spokesman told Radio Netherlands Worldwide that the source wanted the messages in the public domain as a matter of historical importance, and that Wikileaks published them for similar reasons.
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Battling female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation is a persistent problem, not just in some parts of Africa and the Middle East but among immigrant communities in Europe as well. An estimated 50 girls a year here in The Netherlands are subject to so-called female circumcision. An international conference was held in The Netherlands this week attended by representatives of groups working to combat the practice. Members of the Sudanese group Salima were there, and our reporter Helene Michaud asked them about their work - and their name.
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Check back tomorrow for more on this story from our feature programme Bridges with Africa.