62 arrested in crackdown

Philippine troops have arrested 62 people and discovered another major weapons cache after martial law was imposed in a southern province following the country's worst political massacre.

Thousands of troops, backed by tanks and warplanes, have taken control of Maguindanao province in a government crackdown on the powerful Ampatuan clan, accused in the November 23 killing of 57 people travelling in a convoy of a political rival.