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Oil prices surge past $146
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Rates could hit $150 per barrel in trading today
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LONDON: The price of oil rocketed to a record high past $146 a
barrel here Thursday owing to falling reserves of US crude,
simmering tensions over Iran and a weak dollar, traders said.
In reaction, Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi
said his country, the world’s leading oil exporter, was
“concerned” about soaring prices.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Among Ed to seek reelection
to block ‘trapos’ from govt
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Gov. Ed “Among” Panlilio of Pampanga said he
will seek reelection in 2010 if the same old, traditional
politicians, like the Lapids and the Pinedas, will again try to
wrest the top provincial post.
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Sex traffickers exiting
through Clark airport–Noli
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The Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in
Clark, Pampanga, has become the favorite exit point of a big sex
syndicate specializing in trafficking women for prostitution in
other countries, Vice President Noli de Castro said Thursday.
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Sec. Yap to haul in Romblon fish to Manila
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Concerned about the livelihood of fishermen in
Romblon province, the Department of Agriculture said it plans to buy
fish caught there and bring them to markets in Metro Manila.
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Ill-equipped Pinoy troops outdo GIs
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Filipino soldiers, despite lacking standard
equipment and high-technology gadgets, in military training are
better than their American counterparts.
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Colombian Army stages
daring hostage rescue
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BOGOTA, Columbia: French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and
14 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC guerrillas on
Thursday by Colombian commandos who posed as rebels and flew them
out of the jungle by helicopter.
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Palace pursues
probe of new coup plot
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Malacañang said it is checking reports on a new bid to topple the
government of President Gloria Arroyo but is leaving the matter to
the national police.
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EXCLUSIVE
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Taiwanese official asks China
to pull out new missiles
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A Taiwanese representative called on Beijing to
remove its ballistic missiles reportedly aimed at the island, even
as he expressed intentions to discuss improving relations with
China’s envoy in Manila.
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