**The Philippines have charged 196 more people with murder over a pre-election massacre in Maguindanao province in November which left 57 people dead.**Those charged include Andal Ampatuan Snr, formerly a provincial governor and ally of President Gloria Arroyo.
Mr Ampatuan’s son of the same name has already been charged with murder over the attack on a rival political family and journalists travelling with them.
The charges come as campaigning opened for the presidential elections.