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RENO, Nev. - University of Nevada swimmers Marichi Gandionco and Heidi Gem Ong will represent the Philippines at the 25th Southeast Asia Games being held Dec. 9-18 at Vientiane, Laos. Both swimmers are from Quezon City and are scheduled to take the pool on Thursday.
John Franklin Boone, 74, of Clarkton died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009, at his residence. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Korean Conflict and retired from General Motors in 1985. Born...
Good morning. It's Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Here's what's happening:
Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country's worst election violence, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges.
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A Philippines human rights panel says it will investigate claims that hundreds of people were killed in 2001 in Maguindanao, scene of a massacre last month.
In conventional power generation, Finland’s Wärtsilä now has 1.0 GW of electrical output under operations and maintenance agreements in Brazil. The agreements cover 12 power plants in different locations.
>World Alliance of Reformed Churches >News Release >9 December 2009 American sisters pen winning song about peace and unity for global church event A song written by two sisters from the eastern United States has won an international competition to compose the theme music for the Uniting General Council (UGC), a global gathering of representatives of Reformed Churches which is to be held in ...
Otto Energy Ltd. Otto Energy will be commencing a 3D seismic data acquisition program in SC55. The Company plans to acquire 590km2 of 3D data in the southwest part of SC55. The program is designed to mature the Hawkeye structure and several other key leads in the license area.
The Philippines police named suspects that include government militiamen and members of the Ampatuan clan in last month's massacre in Maguindanao.
Five Filipino immigrants have settled their federal lawsuits against a pair of Oacoma hotel owners they claim subjected them to...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.----Blue Coat Systems, Inc. , the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that Land Bank of the Philippines , the official depository of the Philippines and the country’s largest formal credit institution in rural areas, has deployed Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances in 36 branches across the Philippines to speed the delivery of key business ...
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market bond spreads over U.S. Treasuries narrowed on speculation any default among state-owned companies in Dubai won’t affect the ability of Asian governments to meet their debt obligations.
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Myanmar and Vietnam won two gold medals each at the Southeast Asian Games, as eight finals were decided before the formal opening of the event later Wednesday. Ya Min K-Khine, a 16-year-old from Myanmar, won individual gold in women's taekwondo, while the country's sepak takraw women's team also won a gold.
Karlsruhe, Germany - German federal prosecutors have charged a man suspected of aiding and abetting Islamic terrorists in the so- called Sauerland cell, officials said Wednesday. The 24-year-old man, whom prosecutors named as Karim T., is accused of ...
Heidelberg - A man was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison on Wednesday for blackmailing German billionaire Dietmar Hopp, a key investor in Hoffenheim football club. Ralf M, a haulier from the town of Gemmingen near Stuttgart, was foun...
