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Sunday, November 07, 2004 (Philippines)
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| Overseas Filipino worker from Iraq Anna Lynn Terio, left, embraces a co-worker before they part ways at Manila's International airport on Saturday. About 19 Filipino workers returned home after their contract expired at a US military base in Iraq. (AP Photo) |
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MANILA -- Malacañang said Saturday it was still awaiting confirmation of the reported release of Roberto "Bobby" Tarongoy by Iraqi militants in Baghdad.
On Friday, Arabic television station Al-Jazeera said Tarongoy and a Nepalese kidnapped earlier in the week have been released by their captors.
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Search teams comb Kabul for Nayan, 2 hostages
| KABUL -- Efforts to free Angelito Nayan and two other hostages threatened with death by a Taliban splinter group have reached a sensitive stage, the US military said Saturday, and urged the kidnappers not to harm them. |
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Tank gas poisons workers
| CEBU CITY -- Toxic fumes inside a septic tank of a Lapu-Lapu City resort overwhelmed and killed two people who were cleaning the tank Saturday afternoon. |
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Mayor faces ouster; Comelec voids candidacy papers
| BAGUIO CITY -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec), First Division, recently declared as invalid the proclamation of Fr. Nardo Cayat as town mayor of Buguias, Benguet. |
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