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6 hrs ago | Clover Herald

Philippines' Mayon volcano spews ash, could erupt

Scientists say the cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central Philippines has shot an ash plume into the air and are advising nearby residents to be ready to move in case of eruption.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, World News

11 hrs ago | www.philstar.com | joyce esteban

Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life | Home >> Other Sections >> Breaking News

E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.

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Related Topix: UFO and Alien, Astronomy, Science, Biology, University of Arizona, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

19 hrs ago | People's Daily Online

Muslim rebels want U.S. Secretary of State to drop by in S Philippines

Muslim rebels wants U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to visit volatile southern Philippines to look into the situation a year after fighting erupted following the failure of signing of a deal that would suppose give autonomy to the area.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Gloria Macapagal-arroyo

23 hrs ago | SignOnSanDiego.com

Gunmen kidnap 3 workers in southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Gunmen in camouflage stormed a plywood factory and abducted three workers Tuesday, a day after suspected Muslim militants beheaded a kidnapped schoolteacher on a nearby southern Philippine island, officials said.

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Yesterday | People's Daily Online

Five cops, 1 NPA rebel killed in ambush in N Philippines

Five policemen and a New People's Army rebel were killed and two other policemen were injured when they clashed with the leftist insurgents in Sorsogon, northern Philippines on Monday afternoon, a military official said.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News,

Mon Nov 09, 2009

quest-news.whereilive.com.au | Jane Abao

Filipino TV Channel is in Australia

A Filipino TV Channel is now in Australia ! ! ! UNTV37- Your Public Service Channel. Programs of this TV station can be viewed all over Australia and the world, real-time (24/7) through its website: http://www.untvweb.com .

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Buses world news

Terminal's Normal Operation * Philippines - Zambo's bus one, even after gutted by fire

Zamboanga City,Philippines - Balita.dot.ph -November 4, 2009: -- Mayor, Celso Lobregat , has managed to convince bus operators and the owner of a bus terminal that was destroyed by fire on Monday evening to continue serving the public at the burned out terminal in barangay Guiwan , some five kilometers from the city proper.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News

Asia News Network

MANILA: Philippines' Arroyo urged to run as vice-president

Only Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo can save the ruling party from certain disintegration by running for the No.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Gloria Macapagal-arroyo

Wicklow People

Rebels kill police in Philippines

Communist rebels have ambushed a group of policemen in the eastern Philippines, killing five officers and wounding two others, officials said.

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Independent Online

School principal beheaded

Manila - Muslim militants beheaded a school principal on a remote southern island in the Philippines after holding him for ransom for three weeks, a marine general said on Monday.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Gloria Macapagal-arroyo

Zamboanga Journal

Abu Sayyaf beheads kidnapped school principal in southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - " Abu Sayyaf gunmen beheaded a school principal they kidnapped in Sulu province in the southern Philippines after his family failed to pay ransom.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Education Etc.

Sun Nov 08, 2009

The Columbian

Filipino militants behead captive schoolteacher

Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants in the southern Philippines beheaded a schoolteacher after kidnapping him last month, officials said Monday.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Terrorism, Gloria Macapagal-arroyo

Hays Daily News

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Official says 16 pe ...

Official says 16 people killed in fire that gutted Philippine residential building.

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St. Cloud Times Online

Just Back From ... The Philippines

Tom Clark and Violet Halverson of Sartell and Ellen and Bob Nelson of Bowlus are home from a tour of the Philippines celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Leyte landings.

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Related Topix: Sartell, MN, Bowlus, MN, World News,

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Malaysian National News Agency

U.S. Secretary Of State To Visit Philippines Next Week

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit the Philippines next week for talks with top Philippine officials that is expected to include human rights issues in the country, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs as saying on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Travel, Southeast Asia, Philippines Travel, World News

People's Daily Online

Norwegian peace mediator in Philippines to jumpstart talks with leftist rebels

A Norwegian government mediator is in the Philippines to seek the possible resumption of talks between the Philippine government and leftist Communist rebels, a senior official said Monday.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Gloria Macapagal-arroyo

Easton Express-Times

Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders

MANILA, Philippines - President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, World News, Travel, Philippines Travel, Thein Sein

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Inter Press Service

PHILIPPINES: 'Running After President Arroyo Is Only Just'

Philippine political affairs are rarely straightforward. The former Spanish and U.S. colony, which also endured occupation under Japan during the Second World War, has experienced major upheavals since independence was finally achieved-and recognised, this time-in 1946.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Gloria Macapagal-arroyo

Houston Home-Journal

Israel and Hamas cornered by UN General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a report which found both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants were guilty of serious human rights violations during the 22-day conflict in the Gaza Strip over Christmas and New Year.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, Southeast Asia

BruDirect

Bulletin Journalist To Be Honoured With New Hero Award In The Philippines

Antonio 'Tony' Q Alabastro, a sub-editor with Borneo Bulletin, has been chosen to receive the 2009 Bagong Bayani Award, which honours Philippines' outstanding and exemplary Overseas Filipino Workers s, the Philippine Embassy announced yesterday.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Travel, Southeast Asia, Philippines Travel, World News, Gloria Macapagal-arroyo

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