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Pacquiao dethrones Diaz |
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Manny wins fourth title after 9th-round KO
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LAS VEGAS: Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao added another world
title to his growing collection by dethroning David Diaz in a World
Boxing Council lightweight bout at the Mandalay Bay hotel on Sunday.
Pacquiao floored Diaz with 36 seconds left in
the ninth round to end the fight, becoming the first Asian to win
titles in four different weight classes.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Why was ban on endosulfan lifted, asks Pia
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Sen. Pia Cayetano, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, said Sunday that the
Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority (FPA) should explain why it had
lifted the ban on endosulfan, a highly toxic chemical.
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Team to start moving toxic chemicals, oil
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An international salvage team was to arrive late Sunday in the
Philippines to remove toxic cargo from a sunken ferry so divers
could recover hundreds of bodies, an official said.
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NOTES & COMMENTS
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Era of good feelings in NE Asia
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The protracted controversy over North Korea’s
nuclear ambitions seems to have died down, at least for the moment.
The six-power talks have, at long last, proved surprisingly
successful—thanks, apparently, to China’s bottom-line opposition
to the nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
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Fishermen suffer after sinking
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BARANGAY ESPAÑA, Sibuyan Island: Local Filipino fisherman Robert
Naiya looks out across the still waters toward the bow of the
ill-fated MV Princess of the Stars and asked: “What about us?”
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Divers recover only 173 bodies so far
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The National Disaster Coordinating Council over the weekend reported
that the death toll from the sunken MV Princess of the Stars
officially stood at 173.
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