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Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders

President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record. The Nov. 15 ...

From JIM GOMEZ, eTaiwan News,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Thein Sein,  Than Shwe,  Lyndon B. Johnson,  George W. Bush

Typhoon slams Philippines

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From JIM GOMEZ, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

4th typhoon in month lashes Philippines; 14 killed

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon has battered the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces still reeling from recent flooding, killing at least 14 people and sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops to escape rising waters, ...

From JIM GOMEZ, NevadaAppeal.com,  1 Nov 2009

4th typhoon leaves 20 dead in Philippines

A tropical storm roared toward Vietnam on Sunday after battering the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces, leaving 20 people dead in a region still soggy from three recent storms. Typhoon Mirinae weakened Sunday as it headed over the ...

From JIM GOMEZ, eTaiwan News,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nguyen Tan Dung

Philippines: No ransom for kidnapped Irish priest

The Philippine government rejected a $2 million ransom demanded by the kidnappers of an ailing Irish priest in the country's volatile south and said Sunday that efforts would continue to safely secure his freedom. The kidnappers of the Rev. ...

From JIM GOMEZ, eTaiwan News,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

4th typhoon leaves 14 dead in Philippines

A tropical storm roared toward Vietnam on Sunday after battering the Philippine capital and surrounding provinces, leaving 14 people dead in a region still waterlogged from three previous, back-to-back storms. Typhoon Mirinae slammed into Manila ...

From JIM GOMEZ, eTaiwan News,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nguyen Tan Dung

Unit to fight flood-linked illness

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From JIM GOMEZ, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party

WHO to fight deadly outbreak in sodden Philippines

Outbreaks of leptospirosis, spread by water contaminated with the urine of rats, dogs and other animals, have compounded the problems faced by the Philippines after back-to-back storms since late last month killed more than 900 people and devastated ...

From JIM GOMEZ, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: World Health Organization

WHO helps Philippines deal with deadly outbreak

The World Health Organization will send an emergency team to help the Philippines deal with a bacterial disease outbreak that has killed at least 148 people and sickened nearly 2,000 in and around the flood-hit capital, officials said Thursday. ...

From JIM GOMEZ, Taiwan News,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: World Health Organization

Ousted Filipino leader announces election bid

Ousted leader Joseph Estrada, convicted of plunder and later pardoned, said Wednesday he wants to run in next year's elections despite legal challenges and immediate objections to the idea of his political comeback. "This will be the final, final ...

From JIM GOMEZ, Taiwan News,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Joseph Estrada,  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,  Academy Awards,  Roman Catholic Church

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