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Monday, April 02, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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A test of wills over
a lost patrol |
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A dangerous game of brinkmanship has developed over
Iran’s seizure of 15 British marines and sailors on March 23.
Tehran claims that the British patrol strayed into the Iranian side
of the narrow waterway between Iraq and Iran. London maintains that
the patrol was in Iraqi waters.
The crisis deepened last week
after Iran released videos of the detained Britons apologizing for
the incursion. There were also letters purportedly written by the
only woman in the group stating that she had been “sacrificed”
to the policies of Britain and the United States.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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BIG DEAL
By Dan Mariano
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Team Unity’s X
factors
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The administration’s Team Unity
is confident that, at the very least, seven of its senatorial
candidates will make it to the Magic 12 on May 14.
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OPEN NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Philippines held
hostage on global TV
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FOR several hours on Thursday
last week the Philippines unwittingly held center stage on the
global village—but it was publicity that the nation could have
done well without.
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Ayala cashes in on
the boom
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If you are still in doubt whether
things are improving in the country, listen to what Jaime Augusto
Zobel de Ayala says.
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ENGLISH PLAIN AND SIMPLE
By Jose A. Carillo
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The subordinating
conjunctions revisited
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We already know that when we need
to combine two independent clauses of equal grammatical rank, the
connectives to use are the coordinating conjunctions “and,”
“but,” “yet,” “or,” “nor,” “so,” or “for.”...
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INSIDE CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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NPC enjoying the
best of both worlds
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The Nationalist People’s
Coalition is turning out to be the foxiest political party today.
Whether the Genuine Opposition or the Team Unity wins on May 14, the
NPC will share in the political spoils.
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DOUBLETAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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Suffering children
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CANADIAN Chief Justice Beverly
Mclachlin was conferred last year with honorary doctorates by
Philippine universities. She once ruled that child-beating by
parents and teachers is a necessary rite...
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DURIAN
By Amina Rasul
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Hostage-taking,
the ‘in’ thing
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On Wednesday, Armando Ducat Jr.
held 26 children hostage to dramatize his demand for better
education and better housing for the poor children—the ones he was
holding hostage.
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