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MANILA, Philippines--Four people were killed stealing ballot boxes, the government said, and a military alert was extended as millions of Filipinos voted this morning for a president--Ferdinand E. Marcos, ruler for 20 years, or Corazon Aquino, widow of his assassinated rival...
...military "red alert" due to run out at noon here was extended indefinitely to deal with the violence and cheating...
...Fabian C. Ver., the armed forcescommander, told a television interviewer that a24-hour "red alert" declared at noon yesterday hadbeen extended "particularly in the hot spots toavert any potential election irregularity...
Under the "red alert," all 200,000 members ofthe military were called into the highest state ofreadiness, which is customary for elections here.But Aquino's supporters said they feared soldierswould be used to influence the vote...
Gaddafi branded the Navy exercise "aggressive provocation," which seemed roughly accurate. Ordering his armed forces on "total alert," he sent aircraft to fly over the gulf "to defend Libya's territorial waters." On Friday four Libyan MiG fighters headed toward the U.S. carriers, which were then about 300 miles offshore and well north of the point that Gaddafi calls "the line of death" and has staked out as his sea boundary (midway between the 32nd and 33rd parallels, 130 miles from the Libyan coast). When Navy jets were directed toward the Libyan aircraft, the Libyan pilots quickly turned back...