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Iranian fighter jet crashes, 2 pilots dead
TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during training exercises near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, killing both pilots, state television reported.State TV quoted a local...
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TUCP founder Democrito Mendoza dies
MANILA, Philippines – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) co-founder Democrito Mendoza died on Tuesday evening, January 12.The 92-year-old labor leader and lawyer from Cebu died at 6:40 pm....
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Woman who set deadly Paris hotel fire avoids jail
PARIS, France – A French woman convicted of causing a hotel fire that killed 24 people, including 11 children, walked free on Tuesday, January 12, after an appeals court reduced her sentence.The Paris...
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Obama to America: Embrace 'extraordinary' change
WATCH LIVE: 2016 State of the Union | Starts 9 pm Washington DC, 10am ManilaWASHINGTON DC, USA (UPDATED) – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday, January 12 (Wednesday, January 13 in Manila) will tell...
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirm seizing two US boats
TEHRAN, Iran (UPDATED) – Iran's Revolutionary Guards in a statement early Wednesday, January 13, confirmed they had seized two American boats and 10 sailors in "Iranian territory" near the Farsi island...
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Latest North Korea sub missile test a 'catastrophic failure' – analysts
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea's "successful" submarine-launched ballistic missile test last month was, in fact, an explosive failure that was not even launched from a submarine, separate expert...
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MMDA, HPG to apprehend private cars using EDSA bus lanes
MANILA, Philippines – Starting Monday, January 18, private motorists should avoid using the yellow bus lanes along EDSA or else face apprehension. Traffic enforcers from the Metropolitan Manila...
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Poe on Mamasapano probe: Someone lied
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, January 13, said one of the resource persons during last year’s Senate probe into a bloody police operation “was not honest” during his or her...
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7 dead in siege near Pakistan consulate in Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Seven Afghan forces were killed Wednesday, January 13, when militants launched an hours-long gun and bomb siege near Pakistan's consulate in Jalalabad city, just days after...
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In new Binay ad, the average Filipino is ‘nognog’ like him
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay has launched a new political advertisement, saying the average Filipino is dark-skinned and short or “nognog” just like him.The ad begins with a...
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WHO to declare Ebola outbreak over
MONROVIA, Liberia – The two-year Ebola epidemic which laid waste to communities across West Africa and killed more than 11,000 people is due to be declared over Thursday, January 14, with Liberia...
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SC affirms Comelec: Poe nemesis a nuisance bet
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) affirmed the poll body in its decision to bar the presidential bid of Senator Grace Poe’s nemesis, Rizalito David, because he is a nuisance candidate.The SC...
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At least 15 dead in southwest Pakistan blast – police
QUETTA, Pakistan – A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a polio vaccination center in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, January 13, killing at least 15 people, mainly police,...
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Turkey arrests one after deadly Istanbul tourist attack
ISTANBUL, Turkey (UPDATED) – Turkey said Wednesday, January 13, it had arrested one person in connection with a deadly suicide bombing that ripped through the historic heart of Istanbul, killing 10...
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Binay courts OFWs in UAE
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay promised overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that should he win the presidency, he will pursue “good working...
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ISIS claims deadly attack on Pakistan consulate in Afghan city
JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists on Wednesday, January 13, claimed responsibility for a deadly gun and bomb siege targeting the Pakistani consulate in Afghanistan's Jalalabad...
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Kuwaiti Shiite lawmakers boycott parliament
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait – Kuwait's Shiite lawmakers boycotted parliament Wednesday, January 13, a day after a mass sentencing of members of the minority to prison or death for belonging to an Iran-linked...
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4 charged with forming German anti-migrant 'terror' group
BERLIN, Germany –German prosecutors said Wednesday, January 13, they have charged 4 people with forming a right-wing extremist "terror" group which was allegedly planning a bomb attack at an inhabited...
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Philippines to offer 8 bases to US forces – official
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is set to offer the US military use of 8 bases, a military spokesman said Wednesday, January 13, after the country's Supreme Court upheld a security agreement with...
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Occidental Mindoro mayor sacked over P2.9-M tobacco fund misuse
MANILA, Philippines – Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has affirmed the dismissal of Mayor Jose Villarosa of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, and two other officials for misusing the municipality’s...
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