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Thursday, July 08, 2004 (Philippines)
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| UNREST. Arrested Iraqi men sit inside a US military vehicle following clashes between US and Iraqi forces against insurgents in central Baghdad. (AFP Photo) |
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MANILA (12:10 p.m.) -- The Philippines stopped on Thursday its deployment of workers to Iraq with unverified reports that militants in the war-torn country have hostaged a Filipino.
President Arroyo had ordered the labor department to "completely stop the processing of workers bound for Iraq," spokesman Ignacio Bunye said in a radio interview.
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Arroyo open to retaining Soliman in DSWD: aide
| MANILA -- Seeking to appease those who clamor for the retention of Corazon Soliman as social welfare chief, government said Wednesday that President Arroyo was keeping an open mind on their appeal. |
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21,000 children under 6 in Cebu malnourished
| CEBU CITY -- Cebu now ranks first in Central Visayas with the most number of malnourished children age six years and below. Also, a third of about 2,000 pre-school children living in five Cebu City barangays are undernourished, a 2003 report from the National Nutrition Council 2003 showed. |
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Pampanga town flashflood kills 1, endangers many
| MABALACAT -- A 40-year-old man died while a 500-meter portion of the Quitangil Creek protection slope collapsed after a deadly flash flood hit this town in Pampanga Tuesday afternoon. |
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