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Monday, April 25, 2005 (Philippines)
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  Breaking News
Gov't checking on Pinoys in Japan train mishap (4:10 p.m.)
RP shares close 0.4% lower as market awaits VAT law revisions (3:50 p.m.)
Police eye inside job in slay of envoy (11:07 a.m.)

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An open-top vehicle carries Pope Benedict XVI into a sea of camera-toting devotees in St. Peter’s Square. (AP photo)
MANILA -- A senior Philippine diplomat was found dead in her Manila home early Sunday after she was attacked during a robbery, police said.

Alicia Ramos, the foreign assistant secretary for Asia and Pacific affairs, was found strangled to death with a towel in her home near Manila's Makati financial district, while her sister was slightly injured in the attack and taken to hospital, Metropolitan Manila police chief Avelino Razon said.

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Top Stories
Pope reaches out to non-believers
VATICAN CITY -- At the center of the grandest religious spectacle of our times, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed humility at facing "this enormous task, which truly exceeds all human capacity."
Putting up of canteens in all schools sought
CEBU CITY -- To promote safety in public schools, a City councilor wants other government agencies to help the Department of Education (DepEd) in putting up canteens within school premises.
Remains of Pinoy worker brought home this week
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The body of a 32-year-old truck driver who was killed in an ambush in Baghdad, Iraq last week will be brought back to his family and friends here within the week.


 
Business

CEBU: Cebu exporters share patent

DAVAO: Tourists from China up by 400%

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Grant windows eyed in RP-EU coop forum

 
Opinion

Cuizon: Where salsa is in the air

Seares: ‘We didn’t know’

Antalan: Growing pains

Mercado: Robert David is a man in the parable

Bagabuyo: Number-coding scheme works

 
Sports

DAVAO: Bear Brand holds record kitefest

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Football club falls short of semifinals

 
Lifestyle

CEBU: Sis team

DAVAO: All about cakes

CAGAYAN DE ORO: A miracle in Japan

 
Features

DAVAO: My favorite Disney villain

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Carnal weekends





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:: Country News ::

Bacolod
Power rate hike up by P0.22 in May
Pidal opens book of account for tax probe

Baguio
Dumpsite fire likely to become a disaster: councilor
Carrot importation to displace 200T farmers

Cebu
Cebu fires back at Talisay
Gas leak poisons 8 kids, 2 adults

Cagayan de Oro
Woman claims former PB dad 'kidnap brains'
Mayor wants inquiry to include police director

Davao
Health dep't assures swift action on person with HIV
Mayors support national ID system

Dumaguete
City Council to investigate warden on mass jailbreak
Lovers held-up, ordered to make love but escaped

General Santos
Rebel group admits execution of army sergeant, 3 others
Indonesian 'terrorist' a mole: Islamic aide

Iloilo
Defensor vows to indict culprits
Ilonggo tribes hit big-time in Aliwan fest

Manila
Country is safe: Palace
'No plate, no travel policy' to be employed in Metro

Pampanga
Remains of Pinoy worker in Iraq home this week
P4M for repair of Arnedo dike allotted




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