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Wednesday, January 02, 2008 (Philippines)
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| Fireworks display lit up the sky as Filipinos welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, in Manila, Philippines. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- The Philippine health secretary said Tuesday that firecracker injuries dropped considerably during the recent New Year's celebrations, thanks to a scare campaign that included bloody images of revelry gone wrong.
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| KORONADAL -- Communist guerrillas attacked a copper mining firm Tuesday in a remote southern Philippine town, firing grenades into the compound, burning two buildings and seizing weapons in the pre-dawn assault, police said. |
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| MANILA -- Junking suggestions for an additional year in high school, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the education department Monday to formulate a curriculum in the preschool level instead. |
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| MANILA -- Nursing and other popular but "non-mandated" courses will no longer be as inexpensive in state colleges and universities, after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the removal of their "subsidies" Monday. |
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