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Archive for July 3rd, 2010

Published Date: July 03, 2010 MANILA: The new president of the Philippines was 40 minutes late for his first address to the military yesterday as he kept his promise to suffer in the capital's heavy …

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Philippine leader sits in jams like other folk

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – The Police Regional Office (PRO) here recently commissioned 55 new policemen in order to strengthen the anti-criminality, anti-terrorism, anti-insurgency, and peacekeeping efforts of the law enforcers in different parts of the region.

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PRO commissions 55 new policemen

MANILA: Philippine Maoist-led guerrillas demanded on Saturday that the government help locate three missing rebel leaders and free from jail about a dozen others before they would agree to return to p…

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Philippine Maoists set terms for talks

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Don't mess with Germany, on or off the field. Miroslav Klose scored twice to move into a tie for second on the all-time World Cup scoring list, and Germany backed up i…

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Germany beats Argentina, 4-0

SANGE, Congo (AP) — A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed about 220 bystanders, including many who had b…

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UN says at least 220 dead in oil explosion

JOHANNESBURG (REUTERS) – Spain were forced to work harder than expected to beat Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday as they reached the last four at the World Cup for the first time since 1950 in a dramatic matc…

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Spain edge past Paraguay to reach semis

Close this IT WAS PROBABLY THE BRIGHT purple sheath dress she wore when then President-elect Benigno Aquino III announced the members of his Cabinet that made TV viewers take notice of Julia (pronounc…

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Who’s Julia Abad and why is she PMS head

Peace efforts between the government and communist rebels took another important step forward Saturday after the Communist Party of the Philippines welcomed the newly-installed Aquino administration&#…

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CPP welcomes new peace overtures but reminds gov"t of past agreements

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Pasig River Run to aim for world record

The bloc of five senators headed by veteran Sen. Edgardo Angara Saturday played hard to get a day after Sen. Francis Pangilinan, party mate of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, formal…

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Angara plays hard to get as Pangilinan eyes Senate presidency