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Sunday, February 26, 2006 (Philippines)
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| Marine Col. Ariel Querubin is escorted by supporters at marine headquarters in Manila on Sunday. Querubin, named by the military Friday as a key figure in plans by marine officers and their troops to withdraw support for Arroyo, said he was joining Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, who was relieved as commandant of the marines, in the marines camp chapel in a show of support. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- (Updated 7:45 p.m.) A marines colonel Sunday urged Filipinos to turn out en masse to protect officers implicated in a foiled coup plot after the head of the elite unit was relieved of duties.
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Journalists rally against attack on press freedom
| MANILA -- Media practitioners rallied behind The Daily Tribune, which was the subject of the "first attack" against freedom of the press after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo put the country under a state of emergency. |
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Leyte rescuers end search for survivors
| ST. BERNARD, Southern Leyte -- The search for survivors of the devastating landslide in Southern Leyte was called off, with officials conceding Saturday that the at least 973 people still missing are almost certainly dead. |
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2 killed, 3 wounded in communists' attack
| ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Suspected communist insurgents killed two people and wounded three government soldiers, in separate attacks in the southern Philippines, officials said Saturday. |
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