| Lilia sells food in the streets but hasn't heard of microfinance
local resident patronize a sidewalk vendor selling different kinds of deepfried delights - Philippines... |
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| Meralco asks ERC to slash generation rate
Meralco - Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company... |
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| EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams... |
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| FACTBOX - Sex abuse scandals in the Catholic church
Journalists interview Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, left, as Irish Cardinal Sean Brady, center, looks on, in front of St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009.... |
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| 'Emperor' as AFP chief raises fears of poll fraud
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gestures to stress a point as she delivers her speech during the awarding ceremonies of the Bagong Bayani and Galing Pook Awards Friday (December 4) at Malacanang's Rizal Hall.... |
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| The Toyota myth is shattered
Toyota Supra MKIV from the en:2 Fast 2 Furious movie.... |
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| RP 4th most corrupt on Asia-Pacific list
A scene of an ordinary day in Las Pias City, one of the cities of Metro Manila, Philippines... |
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| SWS: Aquino, Villar slide; Erap gains
Philippine Presidential candidates, from left, Senator Richard Gordon, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, former defense chief Gilbert Teodoro and ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada mingle before the start of a presidentiables forum at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Dec. 2, 2009. About 17,000 positions are up for grabs, from village chief to president in next year's elections. There are about 45 milllion eligible voters in the country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)... |
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| Neda board rushes P6-B infra plan before ban
Road Construction - Rehabilitation - Concreting - Construction Workers - Laborers - Philippines... |
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| Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Yokosuka, Japan... |
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| Mystery kangaroo in Japanese mountains
Kangaroo in Motion taken in South West Rocks in Australia in February 2007, Nina May... |
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| Kevin Rudd and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to stop people smuggling
A wooden boat carrying Sri Lankans migrants is seen docked next to an Indonesian Navy ship at a port in Cilegon, banten province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.... |
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| Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan
In this photo released by the Australian Defense Department, an Australian Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicle (SRV) patrols outside the perimeter of a forward operating base in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2005. An elite Australian commando was injured and an Afghani soldier killed when their patrol clashed with insurgents in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The clash came less than a month after a group of 190 Australian special forces commandos began arriving in Afghanistan to bolster international efforts to restore law and order amid an upsurge in violence blamed on the al-Qaida terror network and supporters of the ousted Taliban regi... |
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| Michael Schumacher will fail - Mark Webber
Former Formula One World champion Michael Schumacher ... |
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| US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.... |
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