August 24, 2006
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Two dead in Philippines fighting
23 Aug 2006 at 1:27pm
Security forces in the southern Philippines say two commandos have been killed and 17 wounded in fresh clashes with Muslim militants. Fierce fighting broke out again on the remote island of Jolo as…
Los Angeles city workers walk out for second day as union pushes for higher pay
23 Aug 2006 at 2:22pm
LOS ANGELES – Members of a union that represents engineers, airport runway supervisors and police criminologists began a second day of walkouts Wednesday to pressure City Hall into reopening a l…
Church asks Bush to help stop Philippines killings
23 Aug 2006 at 3:21pm
The head of the United Methodist Council of Bishops has urged US President George W. Bush (himself a Methodist by tradition) to press Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to take steps to red…
Philippine rebels seize arms and take hostages
23 Aug 2006 at 1:57pm
Rigoberto Sanchez, a spokesman for the communist rebels, denied by telephone from Mindanao that any hostages had been taken. It was more likely, Sanchez said, that the rebels had simply passed through…
More damage from leaking tanker in the Philippines
23 Aug 2006 at 1:57pm
MANILA The damage caused by the oil spill in the central Philippines worsened Wednesday after the slick reached the shores of an island province and threatened to spread into fishing grounds, official… |
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