Hundreds of protesters wave flags and placards at the Chinese embassy in the Philippine capital over a month-long maritime stand-off with China.
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Philippine protest over China row
China escalated its quarrel with the Philippines over an island in the South China Sea, halting Philippine bananas at customs for longer inspections.
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China-Philippines Dispute Over Island Becomes More Heated
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is known for her frequent travel to exotic locales, but her current 10-day swing through Asia has turned out to be unexpectedly colorful. Take, for instance, Wednesday’s paint-bombing of her motorcade in Manila. Clinton was traveling through the Philippine capital when her procession was pelted by a crowd of youthful demonstrators protesting their government’s military ties to the United States. At least one paint balloon landed on the lead vehicle, splashing red pigment all over the windshield and hood. Other protesters got close enough to the armored cars to kick them, according to images captured by news photographers. Read full article > >
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Clinton’s convoy targeted by Filipino protesters
The Philippine lower house of parliament votes to impeach the head of the anti-corruption agency for failure to investigate former President Gloria Arroyo.
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Philippines to impeach ombudsman
The Philippine lower house of parliament votes to impeach the head of the anti-corruption agency for failure to investigate former President Gloria Arroyo.
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Philippines to impeach ombudsman
The Philippine lower house of parliament votes to impeach the head of the anti-corruption agency for failure to investigate former President Gloria Arroyo.
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Philippines to impeach ombudsman
Prominent Philippine Congressman Ronald Singson is to lose his seat after being jailed for cocaine possession in Hong Kong.
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Manila politician to lose seat
The Philippine health secretary said that Angelo Reyes, a former military chief implicated in a corruption scandal, has died of a gunshot wound.
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Philippine General Dead of Gunshot
Two people are killed and several others injured in an explosion on a bus in the Philippine capital, Manila, police say.
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Philippines bus blast kills two
A photograph taken by a Philippine politician moments before he was shot dead has led to the arrest of his suspected killer.
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‘Killer’ caught in victim’s photo
The Philippine president orders criminal charges against 43 health workers, alleged by the military to be communist rebels, to be dropped.
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Manila to free 43 alleged rebels
The Philippine president orders four police officials to face charges over a bus hijacking in August that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead.
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Filipino police on hijack charges
Oops! The U.S. Embassy issued an apology to the Philippines on Sunday for a diplomatic snafu in which the Philippine flag was hung upside down at a New York meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The inverted flag is a symbol that the…
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U.S. Apologizes to Philippines
Authorities botched rescue efforts during a deadly hostage siege of a tourist bus, Philippine National Police said Tuesday.
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Police: Hostage rescue was botched
The Philippine government is to send a high-level delegation to Hong Kong amid increasing public anger there over the deaths of eight citizens in the hijacking of a tourist bus in Manila.
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How did it all end in such carnage?
