<span style="color: #222222;">In Philippines, police killed 14 suspected communist rebels after they opened fire during the implementation of the search warrants raids in a central province. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Dozens of police, backed by army troops, were to conduct court-authorised home searches in some pockets in Negros Oriental province when the 14 men violently fought back. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Regional police chief Debold Sinas said 15 other suspects were arrested while six suspected insurgents and rebel supporters escaped. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Human rights and farmers' groups condemned the killings of the men they said were farmers, including two village chiefs, and called for an independent investigation.</span><br />''