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Philippine military court affirms mutiny charges

AFP - Friday, August 1

MANILA (AFP) - - A Philippine military court on Thursday threw out an appeal by 28 military officers and said that charges of mutiny for trying to stir an uprising against President Gloria Arroyo would proceed. More »

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  • Philippines: Suspects arrested in Koreans' killing

    AP - Friday, August 1

    MANILA, Philippines - Three men have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a house west of Manila and stabbing to death a South Korean woman, her daughter and 10-year-old granddaughter, Philippine police said Thursday. More »

  • Philippines lifts Jordan labour ban: official

    AFP - Friday, August 1

    MANILA, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - The Philippines has lifted a ban on sending workers to Jordan but imposed conditions to minimise abuse of domestic helpers, Labour Secretary Marianito Roque said Thursday. More »

  • Philippine group announces 2008 Magsaysay awardees

    AP - Friday, August 1

    MANILA, Philippines - A female Philippine provincial governor who dislodged a local political clan and a medical couple from India who built a hospital and a school for a remote tribe are among the winners of the 2008 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, organizers announced Thursday. More »

  • Official: Jet lost flight instruments after blast

    AP - Thursday, July 31

    CANBERRA, Australia - A packed Qantas jetliner lost the use of crucial flight instruments after an explosion aboard the aircraft last week blasted a large hole in its fuselage, an air safety investigator said Wednesday. More »

  • US Army in Japan eyes court martial in Filipina rape case

    AFP - Thursday, July 31

    TOKYO, July 30, 2008 (AFP) - The US Army in Japan is seriously considering court-martial proceedings against a serviceman accused of raping a Filipino woman, a military spokesman said Thursday. More »

  • Cylinder fragments blasted into Qantas cabin: investigators

    AFP - Thursday, July 31

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Fragments of an oxygen cylinder blasted into a Qantas jet's passenger cabin mid-flight with enough force to shear off a door lever when an explosion punctured the jet's body, investigators said Wednesday. More »

  • Muslim militants in Philippines slain in firefight with military

    AFP - Thursday, July 31

    MANILA, July 30, 2008 (AFP) - Two members of the Islamist group Abu Sayyaf were killed in a gunbattle with troops in the southern Philippines shortly after the group freed three hostages, the military said Wednesday. More »

  • Philippines says small nations squeezed in WTO battle

    AFP - Thursday, July 31

    MANILA, July 30, 2008 (AFP) - Small countries like the Philippines suffer as the United States and other world trade giants fight, President Gloria Arroyo's top aide said Wednesday after global trade talks collapsed in Geneva. More »

  • Philippines polls in Muslim region face postponement

    AFP - Wednesday, July 30

    MANILA, July 30, 2008 (AFP) - Elections in an impoverished autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines are likely to be postponed because they risk scuttling a peace deal with the government, officials said Wednesday. More »