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Britain's Independent daily drops print edition – owner
LONDON, United Kingdom – British newspaper The Independent will become digital only, and its last print edition will come out on March 26, owners ESI Media said in a statement on Friday, February...
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Duterte camp puts scratch card plan on hold
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The use of scratch cards as a form of raising campaign funds for the Duterte-Cayetano team has been put on hold due to legal requirements for donors, media bureau head Peter...
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Pakistan TV channel warned over anti-Malala hate speech
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan's TV regulator on Friday, February 12, censured a leading news channel for airing "hate speech" against Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and her family, warning...
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Poland says proposals to avert 'Brexit' are 'mostly acceptable'
BERLIN, Germany – Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydło said Friday, February 12, a proposed deal to keep Britain in the European Union was "mostly acceptable" to Warsaw but stressed that Polish workers...
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Binay courts father's home province
Vice President Jejomar Binay traces his roots in Bauan, Batangas, the hometown of his late father. The United Nationalist Alliance standard-bearer hopes to secure another victory in the vote-rich...
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Assad vows to retake whole country, warns could 'take long time'
DAMASCUS, Syria (UPDATED) – Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to retake the entire country but warned it could take a "long time," in an exclusive interview with AFP that comes as...
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Iraq PM vows to defeat ISIS by end of 2016
MUNICH, Germany – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed on Friday, February 12, to drive the Islamic State (ISIS) group out of his country by the end of the year."We intend this year to make it...
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'Avoid' Valentine's Day Pakistan president tells youth
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan president Mamnoon Hussain has urged the nation to refrain from celebrating Valentine's Day, while other officials blasted it as "vulgar and indecent" as they moved to...
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Remains of 13 Filipinos killed in Iraq fire arrive home
MANILA, Philippines – The remains of 13 Filipinos who died in a hotel fire in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq arrived home on Saturday, February 13.The flight carrying their remains landed at the...
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Martial law years the best? Facts, figures prove otherwise – Robredo
NAGA, Philippines – “Nakakalungkot (Saddening)” is how Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo describes modern-day assertions that the Philippines was in its best state under...
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Russia decries 'new Cold War' as East-West strains cloud talks
MUNICH, Germany – The world has plunged into a "new Cold War", the Russian premier said on Saturday, February 13, as East-West tensions over Ukraine and Syria took center-stage at a gathering of world...
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WATCH: Comelec holds mock elections in schools, malls
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) holds mock elections on Saturday, February 13, to prepare for the May 9 national and local elections. For the first time, many voters try to vote in malls aside...
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Thai students mock military at football match
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thai university students lampooned the military at a football game on Saturday, February 13, in a rare act of open defiance against the junta, which has strangled political...
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France's 104-year-old twins say closeness is the secret
ONZAIN, France – When they were born premature in 1912, doctors gave Paulette and Simone the slimmest chance of survival. But 104 years later, the French twins say there's a simple secret to their...
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Turkey, Saudi could launch Syria ground operation – Ankara
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkey and Saudi Arabia could launch a ground operation against Islamic State jihadists in Syria, the Turkish foreign minister said on Saturday, February 13, adding the kingdom was...
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Pope Francis tells Mexico leaders: Nation needs 'true justice'
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (4th UPDATE) – Pope Francis called on Mexico's leaders on Saturday, February 13, to provide "true justice" and security to citizens hit by drug violence, as he addressed a National...
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IN PHOTOS: Roxas, Robredo, LP coalition court Albay
ALBAY, Philippines – The ruling Liberal Party (LP) visited the province of Albay on Saturday, February 13, as part of its week-long send-off for its candidates in the 2016 national elections....
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Kerry: Refugee crisis 'a near existential' threat to Europe
MUNICH, Germany – The mass influx of refugees and other migrants into Europe spells a "near existential threat" to the continent, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday, February 13."We are...
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Cebu mock elections: Delayed transmission, quicker vote
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The presence of big trees and other obstructions reportedly delayed the transmission process in one barangay of this city while others experienced a quicker vote during the...
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Mga Sugbuanon: Einstein sa pagka-mayor? Bieber sa pagka-presidente?
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Ang mosunod nga mayor sa dakbayan sa Sugbo kay si...Albert Einstein? Mo tuo ka ani? Nagpakita nga ang mga Sugbuanon seryoso kung mo ingon sila nga gusto nila ug utokan nga mo...
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