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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...

Image from zimbio.com Davydenko rewrites Russian tennis history Published 29 November, 2009, 20:38 Nikolay Davydenko has rewritten the history of Russian men’s tennis, becoming the country’s first player to win the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals with a superb straight...

It was a bit of a surprise to learn that people wear spectacles nowadays not due to necessity because of impaired vision but as a part of fashion. Some possess several pairs of these attachments to match with their dresses....

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.

We usually associate robots with activities connected to science and technology. They are seen in sci-fi movies and Robocop was all about Robot Policemen. But, Japan has brought the robots to the level of the common man. The Japanese robots...

Commonwealth vetoes Sri Lanka bid to hold 2011 gathering Tamils look over a fence as they stand inside a camp in Vavuniya. Sri Lanka has been criticised for actions that earlier this year led to thousands being displaced without proper...

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...

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...