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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |
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Govt dangles exile to Nur
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Misuari can go free if he goes to Libya for good
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MAGUINDANAO: The Philippines may release a
jailed former Muslim rebel leader and would send him to exile in
Libya in exchange for his freedom.
Nur Misuari, chairman of the Moro National
Liberation Front (MNLF), is facing rebellion charges for calling on
his followers to overrun a major military base in Sulu province in
southern Mindanao in 2001. The attack failed but caused the death of
more than 100 persons. Simultaneously, Misuari’s other followers
held over 100 civilians in nearby Zamboanga City.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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GMA to look for investors,
supporters at Davos forum
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President Gloria Arroyo left Tuesday for the
World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, where she will
look for global support for the Mindanao peace process, poverty
alleviation, and the antiterror campaign.
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Freedom Report Not Ours,
Says Us Government
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The United States government denied involvement
in a scathing report of the US-based conservative democracy watchdog
Freedom House that delisted the Philippines from the world’s
democracies, saying it is only “partly free.”
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Human traffickers in Dubai prey on OFWs
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: So-called visit
visas have led to maltreatment and prostitution of Filipino women
using such documents to enter this country.
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60% of Filipinos don’t read
or even own a Bible–survey
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THE Philippines may be the only
predominantly Roman Catholic country in Asia, but 60 percent of
Filipinos do not read the Bible—or even own one— according to a
survey by the Philippine Bible Society.
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Will public health trump
patents in House, Senate?
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Last of two parts
The antihypertension drug Norvasc, manufactured
by Pfizer, is well-known among doctors here and abroad for its
efficiency and efficacy. But Dr. Rosan Badon does not prescribe the
medicine to her patients at community health clinics in Bagong
Silang, Caloocan, and Dagat-Dagatan, Navotas.
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Joma decries persecution by Dutch court
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Exiled communist leader Jose Ma. Sison, in a
teleconference with media late Monday, accused the Arroyo
administration of pushing the Dutch government to revive his murder
case junked earlier in The Netherlands.
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