ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Philippine forces launched air strikes on Monday (September 16) to root out rogue Muslim rebels from a southern city, stepping up efforts to end more than a week of clashes that have killed scores of people.<br/> <br />The fighting has been a stark reminder that decades-old grievances fester in the Catholic-majority country despite strong economic growth and an agreement with the biggest Muslim rebel group that was meant to pave the way to peace.<br/> <br />The army said at least 62 people have been killed, including 51 of the independence-seeking rebels and five civilians.<br/> <br />The fighting, in its eighth day, has been largely in three coastal districts of Zamboanga City on the southern island of Mindanao. About 70,000 residents have been displaced.<br/> <br />Soldiers traded mortar and machine-gun fire with the rebels, who are from a breakaway faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), while two helicopters fired rockets at their positions, an arm
