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Israel drives deep
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Invasion sparks world protests, death toll 485 |
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GAZA CITY: Israeli troops pushed
deep into Gaza on Sunday with thousands of soldiers and scores of
tanks battling Hamas fighters and moving toward the capital on a
mission to end militant rocket attacks.
At least 19 Palestinians were
killed in the new fighting as trucks and cars packed with families
fled Gaza City and other towns ahead of the biggest Israeli military
operation since its 2006 war in Lebanon.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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NOTES&COMMENTS
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Nation needs
professional bureaucracy
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Like the grasshopper in the
fable, we Filipinos live in the present—heedless of tomorrow’s
consequences of today’s neglect. We treat the surface symptoms of
our basic problems, instead of facing up to their root causes.
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66 Pinoys from
Gaza agree to be evacuated
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Sixty-six Filipinos based in the
Gaza Strip are to be flown back to the Philippines via Jordan today,
two days into Israel’s ground invasion of the Palestine territory,
an official said Sunday.
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GMA appeals for
help with peace in Mindanao
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President Gloria Arroyo on Sunday
appealed to the Muslim community to help her administration in
bringing peace in Mindanao.
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Obama set to work
on bailout plan
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Barack Obama
and his family were to spend their first full day in the US capital
Sunday after the President-elect arrived here in time for him to
work on an urgent economic recovery plan...
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FEATURE
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Global trends
drive ‘land grab’ – activists
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KUALA LUMPUR: Resource-hungry
nations are snapping up huge tracts of agricultural land in poor
Asian nations, in what activists say is a “land grab” that will
worsen poverty and malnutrition.
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House to
investigate bribery charges in ‘Alabang Boys’ case
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Congressmen are set to look into
the government’s campaign against illegal drugs when the House
congressional oversight committee investigates the alleged bribery
scandal involving the Department of Justice.
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