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EDITORIAL
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THE Makati bomb
blast on Friday that killed nine and injured at least 129 others is
a grim reminder that terrorism has grafted itself into the landscape
and that we face a long ordeal taming it.
So strong was the
blast that it tore off the ceiling on the first floor, knocked down
walls, shattered windows and sent debris flying in all directions.
Cars parked outside the mall did not escape damage.
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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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CENTER FOR GRAVITY
By Rony V. Diaz
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Understanding
catalysis
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The Swedish Academy of Sciences,
in awarding this year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry to Gerhard Ertl,
a professor at the Max Planck Institute in Germany,...
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REFLECTIONS
By Fr. Shay Cullen
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The Nobel Peace
Prize
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Wuzburg, Germany: Last week the
Philippine bureau chief of Reuters news agency called me in Germany
on my cell phone the day the Noble Peace Prize was to be announced.
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SUNDAY STORIES
By Marlen V. Ronquillo
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Universida de
Abilidad
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On a brutal mid-October, with
heat torturing most of the Eastern Seaboard, Drew Faust Gilpin, a
Civil War historian, took over as president of Harvard, that country’s
oldest and most prestigious university.
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ONE MAN’S MEAT
By Benjamin G. Defensor
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Learning a lesson
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There must be another way by
which the government may obtain its own national backbone network to
save on its communication costs and assure communication security.
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China’s Hu in
control of rapidly modernizing military
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BEIJING: After five years in
power, President Hu Jintao has finally gained unquestioned control
of China’s massive military while transforming it into a wealthy,
high-tech fighting force, analysts said.
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The lighter side of European politics
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Humor hits hard at
Poland’s power twins
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WARSAW: What’s the difference between Poland in
World War II and 2007?
In World War II, the Polish government fled to London and the Polish
people were at home.
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