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Miriam Santiago's debate performance: 'Not as good as expected'
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, who had held campaign activities only once since her proclamation in Ilocos Norte, showed up for the first presidential debate of the Commission...
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France remembers Battle of Verdun, symbol of suffering and resistance
PARIS, France – France remembered the horror of the Battle of Verdun on Sunday, exactly 100 years on from the first shots fired in World War I's longest battle, which became a symbol of resistance and...
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Campaign Trail: Where the candidates are, Feb 22-28
MANILA, Philippines – As Manila celebrates this week the 30th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship, most presidential candidates will be campaigning in...
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‘Are we safe here?’ The night Cory Aquino hid in Cebu
CEBU CITY, Philippines – It was February 22, 1986. Night was falling in Cebu City. A car approached the locked gates and towering walls of the Carmelites Monastery in Barangay Mabolo. The driver...
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Cameron faces Johnson challenge in Brexit campaign
LONDON, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister David Cameron has got off to a tough start in the EU referendum campaign, scoring a victory in Brussels but then seeing 6 ministers and dozens of his...
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Debate time limits not enough to explain platform, says Duterte
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Presidential Candidate Rodrigo Duterte lamented the time limit of the first presidential debate of the election season on Sunday, February 21."We were invited here to...
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Bolivia rejects new reelection bid by president – media
LA PAZ, Bolivia (UPDATED) – Bolivians on Sunday, February 21, rejected leftist President Evo Morales' bid to seek a fourth term and potentially extend his presidency until 2025, local media...
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India divided as battle over sedition arrest turns ugly
NEW DELHI, India – A bitter row over a student's arrest for sedition at a prestigious Indian university has exposed deep divisions between liberal intellectuals and the nationalist government in the...
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Traffic jams in Barcelona as train strike hits major mobile fair
BARCELONA, Spain – Railway workers of Barcelona's Metro went on strike Monday, February 22, to demand pay increases and better job security, creating major traffic jams just as the world's biggest...
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France's Charlie Hebdo launches 'irreverent' youth essay contest
PARIS – Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical weekly attacked by jihadists in January 2015, announced an annual essay contest on Monday for 12-to-22-year-olds."We want madness, originality, irreverence,"...
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EU says it will not campaign in 'Brexit' vote
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Commission said on Monday, February 22, it would not take part in the campaign to keep Britain in the EU ahead of an in-out referendum in June."The Commission will not...
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EDSA: 'Hand of God' seen from the House of Sin
MANILA, Philippines – What if the President orders an attack? What if soldiers bomb the area? What if thousands die, and people blame the man who called them to EDSA?The 25-year-old Father Socrates...
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Thousands of Afghans stranded in Greece as Macedonia shuts border
IDOMENI, Greece – Thousands of migrants were left stranded in Greece Monday, February 22, after Macedonia abruptly closed it border to Afghans, creating a fresh bottleneck as European countries...
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Assange lawyers ask Swedish court to drop warrant
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Monday, February 22, they had asked a Stockholm court to lift a pan-European warrant for his arrest over a 2010 rape allegation.His...
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Compel Comelec to issue voting receipts, SC urged
MANILA, Philippines – Senatorial candidate Richard “Dick” Gordon and his political party, Bagumbayan, ran to the Supreme Court (SC) to compel the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to issue voting...
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At least 13 dead in bombing north of Kabul – authorities
KABUL, Afghanistan – At least 13 people, including 9 civilians, were killed Monday, February 22, in a suicide bombing claimed by Taliban insurgents against the Afghan police in a remote area 60...
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Ban Ki-moon starts first visit to Burundi since start of crisis
BUJUMBURA, Burundi – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bujumbura on Monday, February 22, on his first visit to Burundi since a political crisis began in April last year.Ban, who landed late...
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UAE tries Sudanese for bomb plot against foreigners – report
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – A Sudanese man is being tried in the United Arab Emirates for allegedly plotting a bomb attack in Abu Dhabi aimed at killing foreigners, a local newspaper reported...
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Delhi faces water crisis as deadly protests hit key source
NEW DELHI, India – Much of New Delhi's water supply was cut off Monday, February 22, after members of an influential Indian caste sabotaged a canal as part of protests seeking preferential treatment...
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Dream fulfilled: Dancing, at 106, with America's black president
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Virginia McLaurin, 106, has lived to see 18 US presidents, but the African-American centenarian fulfilled her dream of a lifetime by meeting Barack Obama – a touching encounter...
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