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Former Philippines president arraigned in plunder case
World NowAccused of diverting nearly $9 million from a government office that raises money for charity, the former president of the Philippines refused to enter a plea Monday in a Quezon City courtroom. It was a small act of defiance from Gloria Macapagal Arroyo... -
A Thrilla in Manila: President spars with predecessor
World NowTwo Philippines presidents are battling it out over the right of travel. Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has sought to leave the Philippines for urgent medical care. But President Benigno Aquino III is trying to prevent yet another tarnished... -
Corazon Aquino dies at 76; restored democracy to the Philippines
Corazon C. Aquino, the unassuming housewife who toppled a dictator and restored democracy to the Philippines as its 11th president, has died. She was 76.
Sen. Benigno Aquino III said his mother died of heart failure at 3:18 a.m. Saturday, Manila time...Tags: Politics, Jaime Sin, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Military, Armed Forces
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Wildlife officer suspected of stealing $65,000 of smuggled elephant tusks
L.A. UnleashedA Philippine wildlife officer is suspected of stealing more than 1,500 pounds (700 kilograms) of smuggled elephant tusks seized last year, an embarrassing setback for the country's anti-poaching efforts, an official said Wednesday. The ivory worth $65,000... -
The Overseas Class
Times Staff WriterThey nurse the sick in California, drive fuel trucks in Iraq, sail cargo ships through the Panama Canal and cruise ships through the Gulf of Alaska. They pour sake for Japanese salarymen and raise the children of Saudi businessmen. They are the...Tags: Kuwait, Politics, Business Enterprises, Labor Legislation, Nursing
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At home among the dead
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterManila -- Sometimes on the hottest nights, when the air inside her shanty barely stirs, Mellie Soliman lays her head on the cool, black marble surface of the living-room crypt and finds relief. Yet the nights are not always restful in this place called...Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Grateful Dead (music group), Death, Employees
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U.S. Use of Bases in Philippines Renewed
Times Staff WriterA decade after the Philippines kicked the United States military out of the country, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Monday that the international fight against terrorism has turned the two countries into close allies again. Arroyo, who visited...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism, Criminals, U.S. Military, George W. Bush
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Bridging Philippines' Islands of Faith
Times Staff WriterMANILA — Baclaran Redemptorist Church is a cavernous, seven-story structure with a vaulted ceiling and hundreds of pews. Throughout the day Wednesday, 120,000 Catholics came to worship, as they do every Wednesday. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass...Tags: Politics, Francis George, Terrorism, International Military Interventions, Religious Leaders
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