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- Iran to participate in Asian Youth Girls' Volleyball
TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (Mehr News Agency)--Iran's girls (under 16) volleyball team is to travel to Manila, Philippines, early Tuesday to participate in the Asian Youth Girls' Volleyball Championship. The 12 countries, led by last year's defending Champion,
- Philippines protests alleged racial slur in BBC comedy show
Manila - The Philippines protested to the British government on Tuesday for the alleged racial slur against Filipino housemaids in a television show aired by the British Broadcasting Corp in London. Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo summoned the British
- Why I love Nigeria despite what they say
WHY DO SO MANY FILIPINOS CHOOSE TO work in another developing country like Nigeria where there is a Philippine government ban on all kinds of overseas Filipino workers? The African continent holds too much baggage from its colonial past that Evangeline
- Philippines bombing suspect escapes
A key suspect in the 2007 bombing of the Philippine parliament building that killed seven people has escaped from prison, the justice minister says. Jail guards today announced Ikram Indama was missing from his cell at the national police headquarters on
- DFA team checks kidnapping in Nigeria
MANILA, Philippines -- The Department of Foreign Affairs has sent a consular team to Bonny in the Niger Delta to verify the reported abduction of six Filipinos there. If the reports are true, the team's mission is to take the necessary measures to secure
- Philippine Sept inflation at 11.9 pct on yr
MANILA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Philippine consumer prices rose an annual 11.9 percent in September, easing from a near 17-year high of 12.5 percent in August, the statistics office said on Tuesday. A Reuters poll this week had forecast September annual
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The Philippines were ceded by Spain to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. They attained their independence in 1946 after being occupied by the Japanese in World War II. The 21-year rule of Ferdinand MARCOS ended in 1986 when a widespread popular rebellion forced him into exile. In 1992, the US closed down its last military bases on the islands. The Philippines has had two electoral presidential transitions since Marcos' removal by "people power." In January 2001, the Supreme Court declared Joseph ESTRADA unable to rule in view of mass resignations from his government and administered the oath of office to Vice President Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO as his constitutional successor. The government continues to struggle with ongoing Muslim insurgencies in the south.
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AFP - A global recession can be avoided with a coordinated plan to restore market confidence shattered by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, the former International Monetary Fund chief said Tuesday.
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