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Netherlands 'has all US information' on MH17 – investigator
BUNNIK, Netherlands – The Netherlands has received "all available information from the United States" for the inquiry into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine nearly two...
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Cast of Suu Kyi aides tipped for Myanmar president role
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – A doctor, a one-time driver, and a personal assistant head a motley ensemble of possible picks for Myanmar's next president, as democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi seeks a close...
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SC orders Comelec to issue voting receipts
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, March 8, unanimously required the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to issue voting receipts for the May 9 national and local...
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Roxas congratulates Poe; Binay says SC ruling won't affect campaign
MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – Senator Grace Poe's rivals for the presidency weighed in on the Supreme Court's decision allowing her to run in the May elections.Akbayan Representative Ibarra...
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Israel defends spurning Obama invite ahead of Biden visit
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Tuesday, March 8, defended his decision to turn down an invitation to the White House that sparked controversy hours before Vice...
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Iran conducts new missile tests defying US sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran (UPDATED) – Iran said Tuesday, March 8, it had conducted multiple ballistic missile tests to demonstrate "deterrent power," a move that comes in defiance of US sanctions imposed over its...
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Divine message? Grace Poe heard SC news in Quiapo Church
MANILA, Philippines – The vendors in Quiapo, Senator Grace Poe surmised, were probably bewildered why her eyes were read from crying when she passed by them. On Tuesday afternoon, March 8, her car was...
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IN PHOTOS: March 9 solar eclipse
MANILA, Philippines – Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia, became captivated by the rare total solar eclipse in the region on Wednesday, March 9.Total eclipses occur when the moon moves between the...
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Comelec mulls postponing polls amid emergency
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is now considering postponing the May 9 polls after a Supreme Court (SC) ruling forced the poll body to overhaul months-long...
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Escudero tops 1st, 2nd choice for VP – Pulse Asia poll
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Francis Escudero is the top primary and back-up choice of Filipino voters for vice president, according to the results of a Pulse Asia Research Incorporated survey...
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Court issues hold departure order vs Junjun Binay, ex-Makati execs
ZAMBALES, Philippines (UPDATED) – The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has issued a hold departure order (HDO) against dismissed Makati mayor Jejomar Erwin "Junjun" Binay Jr and his co-accused in the...
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France braces for day of protests as labor reform anger grows
PARIS, France – France is facing a wave of protests Wednesday, March 9, against deeply unpopular labor reforms that have divided an already fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a...
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SC ruling 'vindication' of Senate Electoral Tribunal – Sotto
QUEZON, Philippines – A member of the Senate Electoral Tribunal called the Supreme Court (SC) ruling allowing Grace Poe’s presidential bid as a "complete vindication" of the SET's own decision.Senator...
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Senate race still dominated by former, reelectionist senators – poll
MANILA, Philippines – Nine of the 14 candidates with a statistical chance of winning in the Senate race are no strangers to the job, according to the results of a Pulse Asia Research, Incorporated...
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Binay mum on Poe’s SC win: 'I’m focused on my campaign'
ZAMBALES, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay on Wednesday, March 9, remained mum on the victory of toughest rival Senator Grace Poe at the Supreme Court, saying he would rather focus on his own...
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Comelec’s options after SC order for vote receipts
The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, March 8, requiring the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to print voting receipts was unanticipated. When it unanimously ordered the Comelec “to...
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Ex-senator Loi Estrada hosts lunch for Binay in Zambales
ZAMBALES, Philippines – Former senator Luisa "Loi" Estrada, wife of former president and now reelectionist Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, opened her house in Zambales to Vice President Jejomar Binay and...
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Thai junta announces fresh 'influential people' purge
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand's military junta ordered a fresh sweep of 6,000 corrupt "influential people" Wednesday, March 9, the latest move by a regime that has touted a tough anti-graft stance, but...
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Japan court orders two nuclear reactors to shut down over safety fears
TOKYO, Japan – A Japanese court on Wednesday, March 9, ordered two regional nuclear reactors to shut down over safety concerns, the plant's operator said, just days before the fifth anniversary of the...
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Iran fires ballistic missiles in new test – state media
TEHRAN, Iran (UPDATED) – Iran said its armed forces had fired two more ballistic missiles on Wednesday, March 9, as it continued tests in defiance of US warnings."Long-range Qadr-H and Qadr-F precision...
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