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Defense chief: Senator strengthening hand of Abu
Sayyaf kidnappers
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Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro on Sunday accused Sen. Richard
Gordon of aiding kidnappers for saying that the fate of the two
remaining International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hostages
is now up to President Gloria Arroyo.
Teodoro rejected a renewed demand by the
kidnappers from the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group to withdraw military
troops from five towns of Sulu province in southern Mindanao. The
group reiterated its threat to behead one of the two ICRC
hostages—Swiss Andreas Notter, 38, and Italian Eugenio Vagni,
62—whose Filipino colleague was released last week 77 days after
all three were abducted on January 15.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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1,000 Pinoys in HK rally vs. ‘racist’
columnist
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HONG KONG: More than 1,000 Filipinos
marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against a local
magazine columnist who described the Philippines as a “nation of
servants” in a satirical article.
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Taiwan cuts jobs for foreign workers
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TAIPEI: Taiwan has cut the number of foreign workers and maids
working on the island by 24,000 since November, as a result of the
global economic slowdown, it was reported on Sunday.
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P1-billion ‘cyberpark,’ tourism hub to rise in Rizal town
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Taytay, Rizal: Mayor Joric Gacula over the weekend announced that
the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) had approved a
P1-billion project that would serve as an information-technolgy park
and a tourism hub.
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Obama seeks world free of nuclear arms
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PRAGUE: Barack Obama mapped out on Sunday his vision for a world
free of nuclear weapons on the latest leg of his tour of Europe
after venting his fury at North Korea’s “provocative” rocket
launch.
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Filipina among 13 dead in US shooting
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A Filipina was one of 13 persons killed by a lone gunman who then
shot himself at a center for immigrants in United States, the
Philippines’ Department of Foreign Department confirmed on Sunday.
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FEATURE
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Yo! The ‘pabasa’ in rap
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It was a new take on an old tradition that surprised and scandalized
a number of people. But according to Ralphton Papa, one of the kids
giving the pabasa a makeover by recounting the trials and
tribulations of Jesus Christ through song...
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Thai PM rejects snap polls
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BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday rejected
calls by protesters to hold snap elections, saying that the kingdom
was not politically stable enough to go to the polls yet.
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Executors eyeing ‘friendlier’ forum – Jamby camp
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A LAWYER of Sen. Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal, who
contested the will of her billionaire aunt, dismissed the earlier
petition of the executors and asked the Makati City court handling
the probate hearings that the petition be stricken off the records.
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