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Spaniards among 6 killed in Kabul embassy district siege
KABUL, Afghanistan – Four Afghan policemen and two Spaniards were killed in a 10-hour Taliban siege of a guest house near the Spanish embassy in Kabul's diplomatic quarter, the latest high-profile...
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#COP21: Philippines set to accept UN climate change pact
LE BOURGET, France (UPDATED) – The Philippines is set to adopt the UN climate change agreement as it appears in the latest draft, according to delegation spokesman Tony La Viña."We have recommended to...
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#COP21: Climate pact puts fossil fuels on 'wrong side' of history
PARIS, France – The global climate deal that the United Nations (UN) climate change conference (COP21) is about to forge in France on Saturday, December 12, may not be as ambitious and strong as civil...
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Car bomb near hospital in Syria's Homs kills 16, wounds dozens
DAMASCUS, Syria – A powerful car bomb exploded near a hospital in the central Syrian city of Homs on Saturday, December 12, killing 16 people and wounding dozens, the provincial governor and a...
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Grace Poe's 'aunt, sisters' willing to undergo DNA test
ILOILO CITY, Philippines – A 43-year-old woman claiming to be Senator Grace Poe's aunt, as well as the presidential aspirant's supposed "sisters," have expressed willingness to undergo DNA testing to...
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#COP21: Draft of the Paris Agreement on climate change
LE BOURGET, France – Here is the full text of the draft Paris Agreement, released Saturday, December 12, during the UN climate change conference in France. {source}<iframe...
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#COP21: Scientists say draft climate pact a good start
LE BOURGET, France – Several leading scientists said Saturday, December 12, that the final draft of the Paris Agreement on climate change is a good start if the world wants to avert a potential global...
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87 killed in Burundi clashes – army
NAIROBI, Kenya – Seventy-nine "enemies" and eight government soldiers died during and after Friday's coordinated attacks on three military bases in Burundi, an army spokesman said on Saturday, December...
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LIVE BLOG: COP21, the UN climate conference
MANILA, Philippines – For two weeks, the world will converge in Paris for the most crucial environmental conference of our generation: COP21, or the United Nations climate change conference.Will...
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Obama: Historic accord could mark 'turning point' for global warming
WASHINGTON, United States – President Barack Obama on Saturday, December 12, praised the "strong" and historic" accord hammered out in Paris, which he said could mark "a turning point for the world" on...
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Climate deal a diplomatic coup for France
LE BOURGET, France – A 195-nation wrangle that ended Saturday, December 12, with a historic Paris pact to curb global warming had to be the anti-Copenhagen: as flawlessly organized as the 2009 summit...
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Five US states spared from mass shooting bloodbaths in 2015
WASHINGTON, United States – Five US states were immune to the bloody, perpetual series of mass shootings in the United States this year, which has seen more of them than the number of days gone...
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PH after Paris Agreement adoption: Tired but victorious
LE BOURGET, France – Tired but victorious.This was how the head of the Philippine delegation to the UN climate talks in (COP21) described the mood of the team minutes after leaving a plenary during...
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Britain's Cameron to drop demand in EU vote talks – reports
LONDON, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister David Cameron is prepared to drop a key demand in order to strike a deal on renegotiating Britain's membership of the European Union, several newspapers...
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Going Dutch to help conquer the rising seas
ZEELAND, Netherlands – Had nature been left to take its course much of the Netherlands would be a muddy swamp and the tiny coastal nation would never have risen to be the eurozone's fifth largest...
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Gambia president declares country an 'Islamic state'
BANJUL, Gambia – President Yahya Jammeh has declared the Gambia "an Islamic state", but stressed that the rights of the Christian minority in the small west African country would be respected and that...
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PH welcomes historic Paris Agreement – Palace
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines welcomes the Paris Agreement and pledges to fulfill its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC), committing to reduce greenhouse emissions conditionally...
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General Trias in Cavite now a city
MANILA, Philippines – General Trias in the province of Cavite is now a city, making it Cavite's 7th city and the country's 145th. In a statement, the local government said election officer Armando...
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Packed cities, empty villages: Vietnam's migration dilemma
HANOI, Vietnam – When Vu Thi Linh moved her family from their spacious rural home to a tiny rented room in Hanoi, she hoped her children would be able to get the education she never had.The Linhs are...
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Aquino is best Philippine president, says Roxas
MANILA, Philippines – In a long list of Philippine chief executives including his own grandfather, Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Manuel Roxas II picked Benigno Aquino III as “the best president in...
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