In Philippines, 20 pilgrims were killed today in a head-on bus collision while travelling to Christmas Day mass in the town of Agoo, north of Manila.<br/><br/>Police said a small bus taking an extended family to a dawn church service crashed into a larger bus, killing 20 on board. The nine other occupants of the small bus were injured and also 15 travelling on the bigger bus.<br/><br/>According to police, the pilgrims were trying to catch a mass in a famous Catholic church in Manaoag. Agoo police chief Roy Villanueva told Manila radio station DZMM by telephone that the smaller vehicle had left its lane to overtake a third vehicle, resulting in the crash.