 | Philippines seeks US help to counter China Al Jazeera | The government of Philippines President Benigno Aquino may be wading into choppy diplomatic waters by turning to the United States to counter China's aggressiveness in the South China Sea, one of th... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez) | |
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 | Hopes fade for dozens buried in Philippines quake my SA | MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials conceded Wednesday that there was little hope of finding any survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake, ... (photo: AP / Choy Gallarde) | |
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Hopes fade for dozens buried in Philippines quake Austin American Statesman | MANILA, Philippines — Philippine rescue officials say they are losing hope of finding survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake. So far, 26 bodies h... (photo: AP / Choy Gallarde) |
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Busted lamps pose toxic risk Journal Online | | WHEN busted fluorescent lamps are improperly disposed of, mercury -- a potent neurotoxin -- is released into the environment, endangering the health of both workers in garbages sites as well as... (photo: GNU) |
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Police and residents dig for earthquake survivors Gulf News | Manila: Policemen and townsfolk used sophisticated and primitive equipment as they tried digging into ten-metre deep landslides where 71 people were buried in their hom... (photo: AP) |
| Earthquake Philippines Photos Police Wikipedia: 2012 Negros Oriental earthquake |
Conservatives don't like Romney Al Jazeera | Mitt Romney has been driving conservatives crazy since he began running for the White House, but after winning the Florida primary last week, he elevated that insanity ... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) |
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Keep graduation rites simple, Deped tells schools Sun Star | MANILA—Education Secretary Armin Luistro called on school heads to strictly implement the prohibition for fee collection for the closing rites this year, saying those... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) |
| Graduation Manila Photos School Wikipedia: Department of Education (Philippines) |
Greek workers strike over public job cuts Al Jazeera | Workers in Greece are staging a 24-hour general strike in protest over new government austerity measures which would see 15,000 civil service employees lose their jobs ... (photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis) |
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Philippine rescuers dig for survivors of deadly earthquake Gulf News | Dumaguete, Philippines: Rescuers in the Philippines dug through rubble with shovels and their bare hands on Tuesday after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, co... (photo: AP / Judy Flores) |
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Death toll in 6.9 Philippines quake rises to 15 The Guardian | HRVOJE HRANJSKI | Associated Press= MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers digging for survivors among dozens of people buried by earthquake-triggered landslides on a ce... (photo: AP) |
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Philippine quake kills 43, dozens missing Sydney Morning Herald | DPA | Rescuers in the Philippines are digging through rubble with shovels and their bare hands after a powerful earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed homes and kil... (photo: AP) |
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Wild birds to fly to Europe Malaya By MADELAINE FAYE D. CABRERA | The European Union (EU) would start importing captive-bred exotic birds from the Philippines. | Florence D. Silvano, chief of the Bureau of... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) |
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