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Imelda shoe collection survives Ondoy floods

Source: Inquirer.net
Manila : Philippines | about 1 month ago  
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Philippines�A museum guard's quick thinking saved part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos's infamous shoe collection when huge floods devastated the nation's capital, a report said Thursday. The 200-pair display was moved upstairs just before flood waters swamped the ground floor...
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