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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.
Sparta History was, literally, placed in the hands of two students who helped to coordinate the cataloging of items and arrange the new room dedicated to Sparta Historians William and Mary Elinor Eppler.
Armed mountain tribesman seized about 75 hostages, including elementary school students and teachers, from a village in the southern Philippines, officials said.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine official says suspected bandits have seized about 75 hostages, including elementary school students and teachers, from a southern village.
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP)--Gunmen on Thursday seized 65 people in an area of the southern Philippines where communist rebels are known to operate, the army said.
Very seldom does a college athlete come along and change the game, captivate the media and polarize the American fan base. We all know about Florida's quarterback, Tim Tebow. He is a gifted athlete that has run over wimpy, would-be tacklers for more touchdowns than any other player in SEC history.
Oslo - US President Barack Obama arrived early Thursday in Oslo, where he later was to accept the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The president was accompanied by First Lady Michelle Obama and welcomed by Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Kaci ...
Taipei - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday presented the 2009 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award to the founder of Free North Korea Radio, which beams news from South Korea to the North. Ma expressed admiration for Kim Seong-Min's moral c...
Copenhagen - A day after talks at a UN climate change conference broke down in recriminations between developed and developing countries, the Danish host of the event said Thursday the country will offer a proposed deal over the weekend. The proposal...
Philippine lawmakers were locked in a 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.
For the next four years, the federal government will be paying closer attention to veterans like Ellen Glenn of Tucson.
MANILA, Philippines - Police named 100 government militiamen as additional suspects in the Philippines' worst political massacre Wednesday as prosecutors filed rebellion charges against a powerful clan accused of ordering the brutal attack on a rival's campaign convoy.
Just short of a year ago, a retired scientist who says predictions of doom as a result of global warming are a lot of hooey challenged anyone to meet his $5,000 bet that the average temperature of Earth will be cooler in 2017 than 2007.
Hong Kong - Hong Kong deputy leader Henry Tang was accosted by students demanding democracy Thursday as he was awarded an honorary degree by a university. A group of students rushed on to the stage at the city's Chinese University to surround the pod...
Manila - A group of armed men Thursday seized at least 65 people, mostly school children, in the southern Philippines, the military and police said. Chief Superintendent Lino Calingasan said about 25 heavily armed men abducted the hostages in the vil...
Hanoi - Defence Minister Phung Quang Thanh left Vietnam Thursday on a visit to the United States and France, state media reported. The Vietnam News Agency said the trip would last until December 20, but did not say when Thanh would leave the US for F...
