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Bookseller disappearances cut deep into HK freedom fears
HONG KONG (UPDATED) – The disappearance of 5 Hong Kong booksellers has sent shivers through the semi-autonomous city as anxiety grows that Chinese control is tightening.Bookshops are removing political...
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What happened to the 2016 budget for contraceptives?
MANILA, Philippines – Health officials and advocates alike are alarmed after finding out that a P1-billion ($21.241 million) allocation for contraceptives was removed from the 2016 budget, especially...
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US women 3 times more likely to say they're bisexual – survey
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Women are about 3 times as likely as men to say they are bisexual, and increasing numbers of US women say they have had sexual contact with other females, new data showed Thursday,...
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France to mark anniversary of attacks on defiant Charlie Hebdo
PARIS, France – France will on Thursday, January 7, hold official ceremonies marking a year since a jihadist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, with the French satirical magazine defiantly...
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PH fears China air zone after test flights
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines on Thursday, January 7, said it fears that China will create an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) after...
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Double decker bus dry run: 'Preview' of modern bus system
MANILA, Philippines – Transportation officials held a dry run of the point-to-point (P2P) double decker bus service along EDSA on Thursday, January 7, as part of the ongoing non-stop bus service...
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US and Asia allies vow steep price for North Korea nuclear test
SEOUL, South Korea – The United States and its two main military allies in Asia, South Korea and Japan, pledged a combined push Thursday, January 7, to secure a comprehensive, hard-hitting...
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Eurozone unemployment falls to lowest in four years
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Eurozone unemployment dropped to its lowest level in four years in November, official data showed on Thursday, beating analyst expectations amid lingering doubts about the strength...
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Caguioa defends Aquino over DAP in JBC interview
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III should not be made liable for the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and he cannot be criminally charged in court for what has been...
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Man shot dead attacking police on Charlie Hebdo anniversary
PARIS, France – French police shot dead a knife-wielding man on Thursday, January 7, as he attacked a police station in Paris, a year to the day since jihadist gunmen killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo...
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Iran accuses Saudi of air strike on Yemen embassy
TEHRAN, Iran (UPDATED) – Iran on Thursday, January 7, accused Saudi warplanes of deliberately bombing its embassy in Yemen, in a new escalation of diplomatic tensions that have reverberated across the...
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Resist 'religious correctness', press body urges on Charlie anniversary
PARIS, France – Press campaign group Reporters Without Borders marked Thursday's first anniversary of the attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo by warning against what it called "religious...
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Duterte: Not spending my own money for TV ads
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte denied spending his own money for television advertising on Thursday, January 7, during a press briefing in Cebu City.His statement comes...
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Hunger is not a game. It’s an empire!
What will you do if you are hungry? Obviously, eat, right and that’s it? Nope. Apparently, when we are hungry for food, our brains get hungry too and conquer some desire for things other than...
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Battle lines drawn as Venezuela political crisis grows
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's political crisis deepened Thursday as the government sued to stop the center-right opposition using its new legislative powers to oust President Nicolas Maduro.The...
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December in US was warmest, wettest on record
MIAMI, USA – Wet weather and scorching temperatures propelled the United States into record books for the hottest December in modern history and the second warmest year since the late 1800s, US...
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China plane landings in South China Sea raise tensions – US
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – China's recent landing of aircraft on a contested reef in the South China Sea is raising tensions and promoting instability in the region, the Pentagon warned Thursday, January...
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US and Asia allies vow steep price for N. Korea nuclear test
SEOUL, South Korea – The United States and its two main military allies in Asia, South Korea and Japan, pledged a combined push Thursday, January 7, to secure a comprehensive, hard-hitting...
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Qatar grants clemency to 10 Filipinos
MANILA, Philippines – Qatar has granted clemency to 10 Filipino prisoners, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday, January 7.The DFA said in a statement that based on the report of...
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Obama vows not to campaign for opponents of new gun laws
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – US President Barack Obama on Thursday, January 7, vowed not to campaign or vote for any candidate who does not support tighter gun laws, as he rallied support for contentious...
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