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Thursday, March 29, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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A kangaroo court |
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ALL that publicity about a people’s tribunal in The
Hague condemning the Arroyo administration as being responsible for
extrajudicial killings in the Philippines was a lot of noise.
A group that calls itself the
Permanent People’s Court had met in The Hague to hear violations
of human rights in the Philippines. Much of the media picked up its
conclusions and gave them generous newspaper space and airtime.
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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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EAST
AND WEST
By Julius F. Fortuna
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NPA: Where to go
from here
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The New People’s Army (NPA),
the military arm of the local communist party, celebrates today,
March 29, its 38th birthday. This must be a long time for a
revolutionary army to take power using the barrel of the gun.
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FROM THE SIDELINES
By Alfredo G. Rosario
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A high-school
class diamond jubilee
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On Saturday, March 31, Class
’47 of the Pangasinan Provincial High School will hold its diamond
jubilee at its alma mater in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Many of the
alumni will come from the United States and Canada...
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VIRTUAL REALITY
By Tony Lopez
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Of hostages,
hunger and poverty
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The hostage-taking of 32 students
is symbolic of what’s wrong with our educational system and with
our politicians.
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Saudi king slams
‘illegitimate occupation’
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Saudi King Abdullah, whose
country is a close US ally, on Wednesday slammed the “illegitimate
foreign occupation” of Iraq in an opening speech to the annual
Arab summit in Riyadh.
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Taiwan’s Palace
Museum confirms damage
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Taiwan’s National Palace
Museum, renowned for its collection of ancient Chinese treasures, on
Wednesday confirmed reports that its most popular artifact had been
damaged—but no one knows when.
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LETTER
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Number 8, for a lot of us,
Chinese, Filipinos and Chinos, means good luck. A decade ago, Hong
Kong auctioned vanity car license plates. The most prized, which
fetched millions of HK dollars, was the number 8888.
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