Palin, a former small-town mayor who became governor in December 2006, has been touted as a potential candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
Annually thereafter, on February 10, the town mayor had to go to the University of Oxford to offer an apology, following 62 citizens.
Mangudadatu said four witnesses had told him the convoy had been stopped by gunmen loyal to Andal Ampatuan, a town mayor belonging to the clan, and a fierce political rival of Mangudadatu's family.
A small-town mayor accused of secretly keeping her neighbors' dog after telling them the pet died has resigned, and a judge is set to decide custody of the Shih Tzu.
