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Friday, March 18, 2005 (Philippines)
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| President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo talks to a wounded soldier during her visit to the military's Southern Command in Zamboanga City Thursday. Arroyo awarded medals to some 30 soldiers who were among those wounded in battle with Moro rebels. (AP photo) |
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CEBU CITY -- Typhoon Auring spared Cebu from a major disaster, but it still left in its wake three deaths in Ormoc City and one in Bantayan Island Thursday.
Mb Esperanza, a passenger boat, capsized in bad weather while it was anchored some 1.5 nautical miles off Ormoc City port around 2:30 a.m., killing three passengers.
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84 rushed to hospitals due to food poisoning
| TARLAC -- Eighty-four persons, mostly children, were taken to various hospitals in Tarlac Wednesday night for food poisoning after eating spaghetti served during recognition rites of daycare centers in Concepcion town. |
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Sayyaf may bomb Catholic churches: state lawyer
| MANILA -- A government lawyer prosecuting the case against Abu Sayyaf militants warned the terror organization might be planning to bomb Catholic Churches in Metro Manila during the observance of Holy Week. |
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Jose Pidal second richest lawmaker in RP
| BACOLOD CITY -- The man who claimed he was the controversial "Jose Pidal," now the representative of the fifth district of Negros Occidental, was declared the second richest congressman of the country. |
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