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Army chiefs of 'anti-terror' coalition meet in Saudi
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Military chiefs from 39 countries met Sunday, March 27, in Riyadh for talks on a Saudi-initiated international "anti-terrorism" coalition.Saudi Arabia announced the creation of...
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Comelec website hacked a month before polls
MANILA, Philippines – The group Anonymous Philippines on Sunday, March 27, hacked the website of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) a little over a month before the Philippines holds its 3rd...
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Easter suicide attack kills 65 in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan (3rd UPDATE) – At least 65 people were killed and hundreds injured, many of them children, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded park in the Pakistani city of Lahore where...
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Brussels police clash with far-right mob at attacks shrine
BRUSSELS, Belgium (UPDATED) – Belgian riot police fired water cannon on Sunday, March 27, to disperse far-right football hooligans who disrupted mourners at a shrine for victims of the Brussels...
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Mayor hurt, youth leader killed in Laguna ambush
LAGUNA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Gunmen ambushed Calauan Mayor Buenafrido Berris in Barangay Imok late Sunday afternoon, March 27, wounding the reelectionist mayor and killing two of his companions,...
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Fire-hit Mt Apo cleared of climbers
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines – Mt Apo was cleared of climbers as of 6 pm on Sunday, March 27, following the fire that broke out near its summit on Black Saturday."We recorded 441 mountaineers, and out of...
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Syria fighters 'relieved' to see Palmyra treasures intact
PALMYRA, Syria – As pro-government forces entered the famed Syrian city of Palmyra for the first time in nearly a year on Sunday, March 27, they feared they would find its treasured sites destroyed...
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Data breach reveals expat details in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand – The personal details of thousands of foreign nationals living in southern Thailand were briefly leaked online in what the site's developer admitted on Monday, March 28, was a data...
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Roxas: ’Natural' for Erap to pick Poe
MANILA, Philippines – Liberal Party standard-bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas II shrugged off the support of Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada for rival Grace Poe."Tulad ng sinabi ko ay natural na pipiliin niya...
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Bangladesh court rejects scrapping Islam as state religion
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh's high court on Monday, March 28, rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by hardline Islamist...
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LIVE: Senate hearing on $81-M Bangladesh bank heist, Day 3
BOOKMARK THIS PAGE TO WATCH LIVE ON MARCH 29, 11 AMMANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Senate is set to hold its third hearing on the Bangladesh Bank fund heist on Tuesday, March 29.Rizal Commercial...
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Powerful winds bring outages, traffic chaos to France, UK
PARIS, France – Tens of thousands of homes were without power in northwestern France early Monday, March 28, after the region was pounded overnight by winds gusting to hurricane force that also...
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Taiwan arrests 41 Chinese poachers in South China Sea
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The Taiwanese coastguard said Monday, March 28, it had arrested 41 Chinese fisherman in possession of 15 tons of illicit coral reef and endangered turtles near a disputed atoll in the...
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Syria troops press advance after blow to ISIS in Palmyra
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian forces strengthened their hold on Palmyra on Monday, March 28, and pushed forward against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group after dealing it a major...
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Pakistan army crackdown as families bury victims of Easter blast
LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistan's army launched raids and arrested suspects Monday, March 28, after a Taliban suicide bomber targeting Christians over Easter killed 72 people including many children in a...
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Bongbong Marcos courts local execs in Aquino bailiwick
Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr takes his vice presidential campaign to Tarlac, home of the Aquinos, his family's harshest critics.He visits Ilocano-speaking towns and gets endorsement from...
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New Central African Republic president takes on a country in ruins
BANGUI, Central African Republic – The Central African Republic's new president takes office Wednesday, March 30, faced with the challenge of reconciling a divided population and rebuilding a shattered...
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Cuba 'has no need of gifts from the empire': Fidel Castro
HAVANA, Cuba – Cuba's Fidel Castro signaled continued resistance to rapprochement between Washington and Havana, writing in an opinion piece on Monday, March 28, that his country "has no need of gifts"...
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Protests greet Chinese president in Prague
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Protests greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrived in Prague on Monday, March 28, on the first visit by a Chinese head of state to the Czech Republic.Pro-Tibet...
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Belgium releases sole suspect charged over Brussels attacks
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The sole suspect charged over last week's Brussels attacks was released Monday following a lack of evidence linking him to the carnage, Belgian prosecutors said."The indications...
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