At the orphanage his father founded as part of his missionary work in the Philippines, the children still toss around a football Tim Tebow left for them.

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For Tim Tebow, an Example Set Long Ago

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

A fire sweeps through a department store in the southern Philippines, killing 17 employees who were sleeping in the shop.

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Philippines fire leaves 17 dead

The Philippines says it has withdrawn its largest warship from a stand-off with Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, as both sides pledge diplomacy.

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Philippines ‘pulls warship back’

A senior US official says a North Korean rocket due to be launched next month may affect an area between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines, reports say.

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Filipino scientists long dreamed of opening the first nuclear plant in Southeast Asia, but they have had to settle for an exhibit of what might have been.

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Morong Journal: Bataan Nuclear Plant, Never Opened, Now a Tourism Site

Search and rescue efforts are continuing for survivors of a 6.7 magnitude quake that shook the central Philippines on Monday, leaving dozens dead or missing.

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Search on for Philippine missing

When I travel abroad, which I do frequently for work, I try to run every day for an hour. It gives me energy and a great look at my new surroundings. After starting a run in Manila recently, I stopped three minutes into it. My breathing was shallow and labored. I also had nagging pain in my calves. The discomfort had been with me since I landed in the Philippines four days earlier. Read full article > >

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An achy calf and shortness of breath point a traveler to deep vein thrombosis

Kidnappers holding an Australian man in the southern Philippines demand $2m (£1.3m) in ransom for his release, in a video message sent to his wife.

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Ransom sought for Australian man

The Philippines government says 1,079 people are still missing in the wake of Typhoon Washi, already known to have killed more than 1,000.

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Philippines missing ‘over 1,000′

A mass burial is being organised in the Philippines for scores killed by flash floods, which left at least 650 dead on the southern island of Mindanao.

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Mass burial for Philippines dead

On Sunday, the Red Cross had put the death toll from the flooding in the Philippines at 652, but that number was expected to rise.

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In Philippines, Fleeing Floodwaters in the Middle of Night

More than 650 people are dead and hundreds more missing after floods triggered by a tropical storm sweep through the southern Philippines

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Philippines flood toll passes 650

A tropical storm kills at least 430 people in the Philippines, as night-time flash floods catch many people in their beds.

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Philippines storm kills hundreds

MANILA, Philippines — The death toll from storm-triggered flash floods in the southern Philippines has risen to more than 120, with more than 100 people missing, officials said Saturday. Mayor Lawrence Cruz of Iligan city said 79 bodies were recovered Saturday after more than 12 hours of continuous rain from Tropical Storm Washi swelled a river and sent muddy floodwaters cascading down to his city from nearby mountains. Read full article > >

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Storm-triggered flash floods kill more than 120 people in southern Philippines, dozens missing