Obama condoles loss of lives in the Philippines typhoon
December 20th, 2011 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has condoled the heavy casualties witnessed in the Philippines following a tropical storm and flooding since Saturday, said a White House ... Read more...
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UN chief condoles Philippines typhoon victims
December 20th, 2011 - 6:14 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Dec 20 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday expressed his condolences to those suffering the impact of a storm that has struck the Philippines and killed over 500 ... Read more...
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Philippine typhoon toll crosses 490 (Lead)
December 18th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Dec 18 (IANS) The toll in a devastating typhoon in the Philippines Sunday rose to 497, the Red Cross said.Typhoon Washi battered the Mindanao island Saturday night causing massive ... Read more...
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Philippines typhoon toll rises to 327
December 18th, 2011 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
Manila, Dec 18 (IANS) At least 327 people have died and 274 are missing following Saturday's tropical storm in Philippines that caused flooding in Mindanao island and affected over 100,000 ... Read more...
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11-year-old girl gives birth in the central Philippines
November 28th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by BNO News
ILOILO, PHILIPPINES (BNO NEWS) -- An 11-year-old girl has given birth to a baby boy in the central Philippines after a pregnancy of seven months, the government confirmed on Monday. It is ... Read more...
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Australian man shot dead in Philippines
November 12th, 2011 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
Manila, Nov 12 (IANS) An official of an Australian mining company has been shot dead in the Philippines, police said Saturday.Rodgen Conejar, 57, died of multiple gunshot wounds after being ... Read more...
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31 injured in Philippines quake
November 8th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Davao City (Philippines), Nov 8 (IANS) At least 31 people were injured and more than 80 houses destroyed after a magnitude 5.2 quake hit parts of southern Philippines late Monday, ... Read more...
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Italian priest shot dead in Philippines
October 20th, 2011 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
Vatican City, Oct 20 (IANS/AKI) An Italian priest has been shot dead in the Philippines, the Vatican news agency Fides said.Police said Fausto Tentorio, 61, was shot dead soon after ... Read more...
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Sex strike brings peace in Mindanao Island
September 19th, 2011 - 8:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Manila, Sept 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Women in a village in the Philippines are being hailed as the heroines after they successfully brought peace to their community. Wives of feuding men in Dado ... Read more...
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Philippines Earthquake Leaves No One Injured And Dead
July 24th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Philippines, July 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today as many as six earthquakes hit the Moro Gulf of Mindanao Island located in southern Philippines and these were succeeded by another quake that ... Read more...
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Lashkar trying to increase India-Pakistan tensions: UN official (Lead)
July 15th, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Betwa Sharma
United Nations, July 15 (IANS) The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has ties with the Taliban and is trying to increase tensions between India and Pakistan, says a UN official dealing with ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions list needs fixing
July 15th, 2009 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, July 15 (IANS) The sanctions list for Al Qaeda and Taliban operatives contains names of dead people and entries with missing information, says Thomas Mayr-Harting, Austria's ambassador to the ... Read more...
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Eight rebels killed in Philippine military air strike
March 2nd, 2009 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, March 2 (Xinhua) Security forces in the Philippines Monday launched an air strike against armed rebels on a restive southern island, killing at least eight guerrillas, a military official said.
The ... Read more...
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One dead in attack on UN relief truck in southern Philippines
December 23rd, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Dec 23 (DPA) Unidentified gunmen fired at a United Nations truck carrying rice to evacuees in southern Philippines, killing one Filipino worker, a UN representative said Tuesday.Stephen Anderson, the World Food ... Read more...
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15 killed in clash in southern Philippines
October 27th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Oct 27 (DPA) One soldier and 14 Muslim rebels were killed Monday in a clash in southern Philippines, a military spokesman said.Major Randolph Cabangbang said the fighting erupted when soldiers encountered ... Read more...
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29 dead as Muslim rebels take over Philippine towns (Lead)
August 18th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Manila, Aug 18 (DPA) Muslim separatist rebels went on a rampage in the southern Philippines Monday, killing at least 29 people, burning homes and looting businesses in five towns before government ... Read more...
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