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Monday, March 20, 2006 (Philippines)
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| A unit of the Philippine Army marches during a weekend rehearsal in suburban Taguig, south of Manila. Philippine Army Chief Lt. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon has commended units of the army and the police who help thwart a planned coup. (AP photo) |
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CEBU CITY -- Army and police troops clashed with around 20 suspected rebels Sunday morning in the mountain boundaries of Tabuelan and Sogod.
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5 lawmakers have until March 23 to stay in House: Speaker
| DAGUPAN CITY -- House Speaker Jose C. de Venecia Jr. said Sunday the fate of five party-list congressmen will be known on March 23, the deadline given by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for them to respond to rebellion charges filed against them. |
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Justice office to deny plea of Subic rape suspect
| MANILA -- The Department of Justice said Sunday it would come up with a resolution early this week rejecting the appeal of American serviceman Daniel Smith to reverse the finding of probable cause in the rape charges filed against him by a 22-year-old Filipino woman. |
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Senate probes shelve urgent bills: legislators
| DAVAO CITY -- House majority leader Prospero Nograles complained that there are now more than "30 pieces of legislation of great importance" gathering dust in the Senate and some of the bills have been certified urgent by the President. |
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