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Monday, August 07, 2006 (Philippines)
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| Just off a private shipyard in Sangat, San Fernando, a Department of Interior and Local Government official spotted what appeared to be an oil spill. Police investigators, however, were denied entry when they tried to check. (Sun.Star Cebu/Allan Defensor) |
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MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Sunday asked Hezbollah militants and Israeli soldiers to allow civilians to pass and leave Lebanon safely.
Arroyo's appeal came as the repatriation of 465 Filipinos in the war-torn country was delayed when the International Organization for Migration (IOM) deferred operations after Israeli forces bombed the highways leading to the Syrian border.
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Oil spill alarms Cebu town fishers
| CEBU CITY -- An oil spill reportedly covering 100 hectares of Barangay Sangat, San Fernando town’s seawaters has concerned fishermen in the southern Cebu town. |
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Troops clash with communist group; 2 rebels killed
| MANILA -- About 40 communist guerrillas clashed with an Army patrol in a province southeast of Manila on Sunday, setting off a gun battle that killed two rebels, a military spokesman said. |
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University vows fair probe on student's death
| DAVAO CITY -- Sanctions will be imposed on persons found responsible and negligent in the holding of a beauty pageant that caused the burning to death of student Cheryl Sarate, said lawyer Ramon Edison C. Batacan, member of the University of Southeastern Philippines (Usep) board. |
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