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CALIFORNIA, United States—A hundred years ago, the Philippines was being ravaged by war, as Filipino revolutionaries battled American occupation forces in a struggle for independence.
06:35:42 2010-02-10
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A health workers’ group has accused the military of torturing the 43 medical workers, including two doctors, who were arrested during a training seminar in Morong, Rizal last Saturday.
16:08:09 2010-02-09
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The relatives of the 43 health workers that the military and police arrested on suspicion of being members of the New People’s Army have asked the Supreme Court to order the release of their loved ones.
15:38:52 2010-02-09
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Myanmar is likely to hold elections around September but they are shaping up to be a "farce" with democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi unable to run, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo said.
10:46:08 2010-02-08
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"Electric and yet so tense," is how Siraaj Cassiem described waiting in Cape Town on February 11, 1990, hoping to see former president Nelson Mandela emerge from prison after 27 years.
10:28:58 2010-02-08
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KHARTOUM, Sudan—French Red Cross worker Laurent Maurice arrived Saturday in Khartoum hours after being freed following 89 days in captivity, first in Chad and then in Sudan's volatile Darfur region.
08:07:32 2010-02-07
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CALIFORNIA, United States—Forty years ago on January 26, 1970, I attended a massive student rally outside the Philippine Congress to protest what we believed was the true state of the nation just as Ferdinand Marcos was delivering his self-serving version inside.
09:15:01 2010-02-04
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Japan has taken the first steps to become the first Asian nation to resettle refugees from Myanmar, the United Nations’ Manila office said Wednesday, quoting a report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR).
12:35:35 2010-02-03
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Argentina on Tuesday lodged an "energetic protest" with London over the imminent start of oil prospecting north of the disputed Falkland Islands, the foreign ministry said.
09:20:14 2010-02-03
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WASHINGTON DC, United States—The US said Monday it was "concerned" about the treatment of about 100 protesters detained by Russian authorities during a peaceful weekend demonstration in Moscow.
12:00:41 2010-02-02
