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Military to wipe out
Sayyaf in Sulu |
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Stung after suffering some of its
heaviest casualties in decades of fighting militants, the military
vowed on Friday to wage all-out war against Abu Sayyaf extremists in
Sulu.
The military has since Tuesday
lost 26 dead and 17 wounded in clashes with the Abu Sayyaf in Jolo,
military spokesman Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro said.
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Storms leave 6
dead, thousands of evacuees
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Two storms left six people dead
in Luzon, with another missing, after triggering landslides and
floods, the civil defense office said Friday.
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Atrocity suspect
worried about kids
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The wives of a suspect in the
beheading of 10 Marines in Basilan said Friday that concern for his
eight children made him decide to surrender.
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Free condoms for
athletes who want to play it safe
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Sports and sex are closely
linked, as far as officials in Samoa and Thailand are concerned.
That is why they will be making available free condoms to athletes
participating in major sports events in their countries.
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GMA berates
Customs officials
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PRESIDENT Arroyo on Friday
scolded Customs officials for not doing enough to improve the dismal
revenue collection in the first six months of the year.
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Gonzalez back with
‘ultimate powers’
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Justice Secretary Raul M.
Gonzalez now has authority to go over the head of the Presidential
Commission on Good Government and to negotiate directly with the
Marcoses in settling the cases of ill-gotten wealth...
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President wants
plan for Spratlys
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President Arroyo has urged
Vietnam and other countries laying claim to the disputed Spratly
Islands to take the “next step” in cooperation as she reported
promising oil survey results there, Malacañang officials said
Friday.
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