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Rare ISIS bombings in southern Iraq kill 33
NAJAF, Iraq – The Islamic State (ISIS) group carried out rare attacks in Iraq's deep Shiite south Sunday, May 1, killing at least 33 people with twin suicide car bomb blasts in the city of Samawa."The...
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Duterte to AMLC: How are military able to look inside bank accounts?
MANILA, Philippines – Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte wants to know why the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) allows military men like Senator...
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Yemen gov't temporarily suspends talks with rebels
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (UPDATED) – Yemen's government suspended Sunday, May 1, its participation in talks with Iran-backed rebels in protest at their takeover of a military base and continued ceasefire...
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Sri Lanka sets up panel to investigate Panama Papers
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced Sunday, May 1, it was setting up a special panel to chase after nationals likely to figure in the Panama Papers, a trove of leaked documents on...
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Brussels airport departure hall partly reopens 40 days after attacks
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The departure hall at Brussels' Zaventem airport partly reopened Sunday, May 1, 40 days after suicide attacks claimed by the Islamic State group which killed 32 people, half of them...
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Thousands march in global Labor Day rallies
PARIS, France – French and Turkish police fired tear gas at protesters as tensions erupted in both countries during Labor Day or May Day rallies Sunday, May 1, while thousands marched across the globe...
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Rousseff rallies Brazil anti-impeachment crowd
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Brazil's embattled leftist President Dilma Rousseff vowed at a protest Sunday, May 1, to go down fighting ahead of what could be her final full week in power before...
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On Labor Day, Binay vows 12 million jobs by 2022
BATAAN, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay reveals his plan to provide jobs to millions of Filipinos as he campaigns in Bataan on Labor Day, May 1.How will he turn this into reality?Mara Cepeda...
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CONVERSATION: Things to know before you cast that one party-list vote
MANILA, Philippines – On May 9, voters will choose new sets of leaders, including organizations that will earn seats through the party list.Voters will choose one from among the 115 party-list groups...
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Trillanes: Duterte's P2.4B possibly from drugs
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, May 2, hinted that the alleged P2.4 billion worth of deposits in Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's bank account came from illegal drug...
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US launches bid to save Syria truce
GENEVA, Switzerland (5th UPDATE) – US Secretary of State John Kerry launched a desperate push on Monday, May 2, to salvage a ceasefire in Syria, as the country's second city of Aleppo reeled from a...
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Duterte's dilly-dallying means allegations are true – Poe
TARLAC, Philippines – Presidential bet Grace Poe on Monday, May 2, hit her closest rival, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, for the latter’s refusal to open his bank accounts to public scrutiny.Duterte...
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Campaign Trail: Where the candidates are, May 2-9
MANILA, Philippines – In the last week of campaigning, candidates for president and vice president are going back to vote-rich provinces where they believe they have considerable support bases to...
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IN PHOTOS: Supporters come for Duterte-Trillanes showdown
MANILA, Philippines – Supporters of vice presidential bet Antonio Trillanes IV and presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte came face-to-face outside the Bank of the Philippine Islands Julia Vargas...
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Bodies of climbers emerge from Himalayan glacier after 16 years
KATHMANDU, Nepal – The bodies of top mountaineer Alex Lowe and his cameraman have been found in a Himalayan glacier, 16 years after they were buried by an avalanche on one of the world's highest...
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BSP, AMLC on Duterte account: We didn't leak documents
MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) on Monday, May 2, said they did not leak the bank documents being cited by Senator Antonio Trillanes...
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Binay, Roxas say 'peace' before Cardinal Tagle
MANILA, Philippines – Seated just a few feet away from each other, Vice President Jejomar Binay and former interior secretary Manuel Roxas II had no choice on Monday, May 2, but to exchange a sign of...
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Duterte to make OFW concerns among his top labor priorities
MANILA, Philippines – During his Labor Day rally, presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said his priority in terms of labor issues are the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In the event on Sunday, May...
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INC official: Duterte endorsement letter 'fraudulent'
MANILA, Philippines – The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) denied on Monday, May 2, that its leaders are endorsing Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as the religious group's presidential candidate.The rumor came...
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Imee Marcos: Ilocanos find ‘sentimental attachment’ with Binay
MANILA, Philippines – Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos said people in her province are likely to find their connection with Vice President Jejomar Binay because his mother comes from northern...
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