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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 (Philippines)
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| President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (right) with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who is on a three-day official visit to the Philippines, at the Shangrila Mactan Resort in Lapu-Lapu City, site of the "Cebu Dialogue on Regional Interfaith Cooperation for Peace and Human Dignity." (Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos) |
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MANILA -- The five congressmen who are facing rebellion charges dismissed Tuesday as "mere lies" the testimony last Monday of a government witness linking them to a plot to topple the Arroyo government.
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Cebu archbishop asked by Pope, stays on
| CEBU CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI wants Ricardo Cardinal Vidal to stay on as Archbishop as Cebu. This was announced Tuesday at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, where the prelate celebrated a mass to commemorate his 50th sacerdotal anniversary. |
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Troops nab another terror man in Mindanao
| ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Government soldiers captured a second Abu Sayyaf member in a continuing operation against the al Qaeda-linked terror group, blamed for the spate of bombings and kidnappings of foreigners in the southern Philippines, officials said Tuesday. |
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Cops set to arrest 8 militant leaders
| DAVAO CITY --- Eight militant leaders in Davao City faced arrest after being implicated as conspirators in rebellion and inciting to sedition charges filed against Bayan Muna Representative Joel Virador, said Ariel Casilao of Karapatan. |
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