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Channel Tunnel traffic resumes after migrant intrusion – Eurotunnel
LILLE, France (UPDATED) – Traffic resumed through the Channel Tunnel connecting Britain and France early Saturday, October 3, several hours after being suspended when 113 migrants entered the French...
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UN slams 'inexcusable' Afghan hospital air strike that kills 19
KABUL, Afghanistan (4th UPDATE) – A suspected US air strike on a hospital killed 19 people on Saturday, October 3, in the Afghan city of Kunduz, medical charity MSF said, a bombardment that the UN...
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Binay camp: 'Breakthrough' in VP talks with Marcos
MANILA, Philippines – The camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay on Saturday, October 3, said that there was a "very significant breakthrough" in discussions on tapping Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
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Philippines suspects week-long haze from Indonesia fires
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine island of Cebu suffered its seventh straight day of haze on Saturday, October 3, the weather bureau said, as Southeast Asian countries battle pollution suspected to...
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Remembering the Delano grape strike
CALIFORNIA, USA – Half a century ago, leaders of Filipino farm workers agreed to escalate their clamor for better wages and working conditions by walking out of their jobsites and sparked what would be...
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18 killed, 41 injured in blasts near Nigerian capital
ABUJA, Nigeria (UPDATED) – Two explosions that ripped through the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja have left at least 18 people dead and 41 wounded, the National Emergency Management Agency said on...
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Local Vote: Zambales, Mandaluyong, Aklan, Sarangani
“Local Vote” is Rappler’s weekly wrap-up of news on political developments and alignments in cities, municipalities, and provinces across the Philippines. These reports are filed by our reporters,...
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Trillanes running for VP, Magdalo group backs Poe
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, whose term is ending next year, formally announced his bid for the vice presidency in the 2016 national polls.Several months after he first...
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Vatican fury as top priest comes out on eve of bishops meet
ROME, Italy (UPDATED) – The Vatican reacted furiously on Saturday, October 3, after a priest employed as a senior official publicly declared his homosexuality on the eve of a synod of bishops that is...
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Vatican slams Polish priest over 'very serious and irresponsible' coming out
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Saturday, October 3, condemned the coming out of a Polish priest on the eve of a major synod as a "very serious and irresponsible," act which meant he would be stripped of...
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Will Francis Tolentino still be in LP Senate slate?
MANILA, Philippines – The worsening of vehicular traffic in Metro Manila, low survey numbers, and just this week, online fury over a lewd dance performance at the birthday party of a congressman.The...
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Germany fetes 25 years of unity with call for refugee welcome
BERLIN, Germany – Germany on Saturday, October 3, celebrated 25 years since its joyful reunification, with its leaders urging the nation to muster the same strength and solidarity to face a record...
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Filipina held in Saudi over suicide vests
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (UPDATED) – A Filipina has been arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of helping a Syrian to make explosive belts for suicide attacks in the kingdom, the interior ministry said on...
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Ukraine warring sides announce start of small arms withdrawal
KIEV, Ukraine – Warring sides in Ukraine on Saturday, October 3, began withdrawing tanks and smaller weapons from a buffer zone in the war-torn east a day after the leaders of France and Germany met...
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Russia presses Syria strikes in defiance of the West
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Russia on Saturday, October 3, pressed ahead with its aerial campaign in Syria, bombing the Islamic State (ISIS) group's stronghold after the United States and its allies accused...
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Rescuers search for hundreds missing in deadly Guatemala landslide
SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala – Rescuers resumed a desperate search on Saturday, October 3, for several hundred people believed missing in a village landslide on the outskirts of Guatemala's...
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Political kingpin Emano no-show in UNA's Mindanao launch
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Local political kingpin and kingmaker Vicente "Dongkoy" Emano was a no show at the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) Mindanao launch in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental...
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Thousands march in support of migrants in Vienna
VIENNA, Austria – A rally in support of migrants fleeing the Syrian conflict and other hardships drew tens of thousands to Vienna on Saturday, October 3, organizers and police said.Austria has been a...
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Okinawa governor revokes controversial US base approval
TOKYO, Japan – The governor of Okinawa Tuesday revoked approval for work on a US air base on the southern Japanese island, in the latest setback to the controversial plan.The proposal to relocate...
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Art instructor runs for Makati mayor
MANILA, Philippines – Jimmy "Jimboy" Jumawan, who used to choreograph and direct stage plays in the 1980s, is eyeing the mayoral post in the city of Makati for the 2016 elections.The 53-year-old placed...
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