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Aquino: Transportation chief Abaya stays
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III on Friday, January 8, rejected calls to sack Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya.The President made the statement in a news briefing in Davao...
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Miriam Santiago on RH budget cut: 'Immoral'
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago is the latest addition to the list of reproductive health (RH) law advocates condemning the removal of the P1-billion allocation for...
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Raging bushfire devastates Australian town
PERTH, Australia – A "catastrophic" bushfire has burnt through an historic town in Western Australia, razing 95 homes and leaving 3 people unaccounted for, officials said Friday, Janu7ary 8.The...
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Rodrigo Duterte: Judge me by my values, not my cursing
CEBU CITY, Philippines – “You judge me, not by the cuss words, epithets, and curses that you hear. Judge me for what I stand for, the values that I hold dear.”These were the words of a much more...
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US missile disappears, turns up in Cuba – WSJ
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – A US Hellfire missile has turned up in Cuba after going missing in a fiasco that has left American officials worried the technology may be shared with China, Russia or North...
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Another glitch: MRT3 stalls twice on Friday
MANILA, Philippines – Just a week into the new year, the Metro Rail Transit (MRT3) suffered another technical glitch on Friday, January 8, forcing hundreds of commuters to find alternative...
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Nazareno devotees told: Don't bring selfie sticks
MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos may be fond of taking photos, but during the Feast of the Black Nazarene on Saturday, January 8, the Manila city government is asking devotees to leave their selfie...
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Sri Lanka president vows reforms to prevent ethnic war
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena marked his first year in office Saturday with a pledge to introduce sweeping constitutional reforms aimed at preventing the island...
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Fil-Am political history: A Metro Manila in California
Part 2 of 3Part 1: Fil-Ams pursue political history in San Mateo, California DALY CITY, USA – San Mateo County is a lush expanse of hills and valleys sprawled at the feet of San Francisco. “North...
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Roxas on Mamasapano probe: 'I'm for transparency'
MANILA, Philippines – Administration standard-bearer Manuel Roxas II said on Saturday, January 9, he is ready to respond to questions at the re-opening of the probe into the Mamasapano encounter, if...
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14 dead in two deadly migrant bus crashes in Turkey – report
ISTANBUL,Turkey – Fourteen people, most of them Syrian refugees, were killed and dozens more injured in two deadly bus accidents in Turkey in the past 24 hours, reports said Saturday, January 9. Early...
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Italy bottle cap tycoon leaves workers 1.5 million euros in will
ROME, Italy – Workers at an Italian factory were delighted by an unexpected Christmas bonus, receiving checks for thousands of euros bequeathed to them by their late boss who died in June, reports said...
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Egypt court upholds Mubarak jail sentence
CAIRO, Egypt – Egypt's top appeals court upheld on Saturday, January 9, a 3-year prison sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons for corruption.It was not immediately clear,...
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Hundreds of French mosques open doors to public
PARIS, France – Hundreds of French mosques are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and a chat about Islam in a country shaken by...
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Russian doctor caught on camera flooring patient with deadly punch
MOSCOW, Russia – Russia opened an investigation on Saturday, January 9, after a hospital doctor was captured on video punching a patient with a blow that killed him instantly.The shocking incident in...
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Modi visits attacked Indian air base near Pakistan
NEW DELHI, India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the country's security forces on a visit to Pathankot air force base on Saturday, January 9, one week after a militant attack left 7...
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IN PHOTOS: Black Nazarene 2016
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – As of late Saturday evening, January 9, the procession of the Black Nazarene had hours and hours to go before reaching its home: the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene...
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Merkel wants expulsion rules toughened after Cologne sex assaults
COLOGNE, Germany (UPDATED) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday, January 9, backed tougher expulsion rules for convicted refugees, as brief clashes broke out during a far-right protest against...
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Russia raids on Al-Qaeda-run Syria prison kill at least 39
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Russian strikes on Saturday, January 9, on a prison complex run by Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate in the country's northwest killed at least 39 people, including 5 civilians, a...
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Denmark deports top foreign student for 'working too hard'
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark has kicked a foreign student out of the country for exceeding hourly part-time work regulations, despite Aarhus University's efforts to hang onto one of its top students,...
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