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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 3:52 am ET
Philippine lawmakers engaged in heated debate Thursday over President Gloria Arroyo's controversial martial law to quell an alleged rebellion by a powerful clan accused of a political massacre.
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Forbes - Thu Dec 10, 12:34 pm ET
About 100,000 packages of Alka-Seltzer cold capsules have been recalled because of a labeling error, says Bayer Healthcare.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 9:12 pm ET
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Philippine exports fell the least in 13 months in October as the global economic recovery and year- end spending helped revive demand for Asia’s electronics goods.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 2:57 am ET
Singapore and Laos are eyeing the football semi-finals at the Southeast Asian Games Thursday, as the first clutch of golds are handed out in the swimming pool in Vientiane.
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Market Watch - Sun Dec 6, 8:55 am ET
The Philippines arrested several dozen people after the government declared martial law following a political massacre, Sunday media reports say.
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Yankton Press & Dakotan - Thu Dec 10, 5:37 am ET
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Five Filipino immigrants have settled their federal lawsuits against a pair of Oacoma hotel owners they claim subjected them to peonage, slavery, forced labor and human trafficking.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Dec 10, 2:07 am ET
Indonesia claimed mountain biking victories while Thailand took two shooting golds Thursday to rise to the top of the medals table at the Southeast Asian Games. Pakarn Karndee, a 21-year-old marksman, won the men's 25 meters standard pistol and joined his compatriots to help Thailand win the men's 25 meters standard pistol team event.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 8:54 am ET
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.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 7, 10:00 am ET
comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the availability of reporting on consumer Internet usage for Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. The addition of these three markets brings comScore's measurement capabilities to 41 individual countries as part of its comprehensive global measurement platform.
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 10, 11:15 am ET
A group of about 15 murder and robbery suspects fleeing police abducted teachers and students on their way to school in the Sitio Maitom subdivision today, Nestor Fajura , Caraga region police operations chief, said in a phone interview.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 10:32 pm ET
Ampatuan, Philippines - When President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed the restive southern Philippine province of Maguindanao under martial law, Freddie Solinap was at a loss on how to report on the impact of the controversial decree. Solinap, publis...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 5, 10:51 pm ET
The Philippines said Sunday that leaders of a clan detained after martial law was imposed in their southern stronghold would be charged with rebellion, as more buried weapons were found.
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PC World via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 12:10 am ET
Social networking site Friendster accepted a buyout offer from Malaysia's MOL Global, which hopes to generate revenue from the site using micropayments.
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CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 7, 8:30 am ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Forbes Medi-Tech Inc. announced the launch of a new pineapple juice containing the Company's proprietary cholesterol-lowering ingredient, Reducol in the Philippines.
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New York Times - Mon Dec 7, 8:24 am ET
Critics of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo challenged her declaration of martial law in a southern province, as the government conducted more raids on Monday to battle what it calls an armed rebellion.