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Nov. 23 massacre in Maguindanao, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., said on Sunday. Pimentel said the President was avoiding a direct confrontation with her political allies, the Ampatuans, who have been suspected of masterminding the mass murder of at...

Scarcely a fortnight after Barack Obama, US president, called on his Asian tour for an appreciation of the renminbi, European officials made similarly little progress toward their goal of easing pressure on European exporters from the weak Chinese currency.

Philippines�Senator Manny Villar's Nacionalista Party (NP) on Sunday revealed its senatorial bets for 2010 which included three incumbent senators. The NP identified nine of its senatorial bets as Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr., and Pia Cayetano, Ilocos Norte...

Two dogs in Beijing have tested positive for swine flu in the second case of animals catching the disease in China along with pigs in the northeast, Chinese media said Sunday. The A(H1N1) virus detected in the dogs was 99...

Five tries to none, some of them magnificent long-range efforts, helped destroy France 39-12 to avenge their loss to the same opponents in Dunedin in June and breathe some life into a game that badly needed oxygen. The All Blacks...

Comedy king Dolphy on Sunday endorsed Senator Manny Villar saying its time to put someone from Tondo in Malaca�ang. Dolphy, wearing orange polo-shirt and cap and white jeans said like Villar, he was also born and raised in Tondo. "Tiga...

President Barack Obama wants serious engagement on Tibet. Addressing the ongoing session of the Indian Federation of Working Journalists here on Saturday, Dalai Lama said without any time frame, he was sure that winds of change would sweep China. 'China...

All three men onboard were fishing with a net when the boat flipped. Two were thrown into the water and the third became trapped under the boat. He had to be revived after rescuers found him unconscious. The 39 year...

South Korea came from a goal down early in the second half to beat Olympic champions Germany 5-3 at the men\'s field hockey Champions Trophy here Sunday. The Koreans cut Germany\'s defence to ribbons five minutes into the first half...