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Saturday, September 22, 2007 |
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Asian activists call for end to
‘authoritarianism’ in region
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Some 150 activists from 20 Asian countries participating in the
three-day World Forum for Democratization in Asia express “deep
concern” for the violence and internal conflicts caused or
aggravated by authoritarian rule or antidemocratic practices in the
region.
They expressed support for the
setting up of an Asean Human Rights Mechanism (Asean HRM), whose
secretariat is based in the Philippines for the moment.
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Anwar to Erap: Accept pardon
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ANWAR IBRAHIM, former deputy prime minister of Malaysia, advised his
friend Joseph Ejercito Estrada, convicted former president, to
accept the presidential pardon being suggested by various sectors to
secure his release.
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DOH: Place antismoking pics on cigarette packs
to warn smokers
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TO combat people’s previous conceptions of
smoking as glamorous, the Department of Health (DOH) wants pictographic
health warnings be printed on cigarette packs.
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‘High’ govt official to testify for
Trillanes
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A high-ranking administration official will stand as a “surprise
witness” for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV when he presents his
defense in the ongoing trial of the coup d’ etat case before the
Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC).
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UK envoy: RP
should open up to investors
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WHILE the Philippines is “politically stable” the British
Ambassador to the Philippines urges President Gloria Arroyo to relax
the country’s economic policies to open up the market and
encourage foreign investments.
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