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Tuesday, December 13, 2005 (Philippines)
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| Members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force keep guard beside an Armored Personnel Carrier inside Manila City police headquarters on Monday. Rumors of a coup attempt on the weekend prompted authorities to beef up security at key military and police installations, police officials said. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- Rumors of a coup d'etat against the Arroyo administration floated around Manila from Sunday night until Monday but these did not bother Malacañang in the least.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, also the presidential spokesman, said Monday that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would have opted to remain in the country if she feared being driven out of office.
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Kin of trapped miners: ‘They are all dead’
| CEBU CITY -- Efforts to dig through the rubble proved futile Monday as rescuers failed to get to the six miners trapped inside a coal tunnel in Sitio Maantod Canlawilao, Barangay Dumalan, Dalaguete, Cebu since Saturday night. |
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2 soldiers killed in latest Jolo clash
| ZAMBOANGA CITY -- At least 2 soldiers were killed and a dozen more wounded in fierce clashes Monday between military and Abu Sayyaf forces in Jolo island, some 950 kilometers south of Manila. |
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Amok cop kills town police chief
| DAVAO CITY -- A policeman ran amuck and killed the police chief of Magsaysay town in Davao del Sur Sunday night after he discovered that his game fowl was stolen. |
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