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| 2001 |
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| Aug.18 |
Faulty wiring blamed for fire Blocked fire exits and burglary bars prevented people from escaping
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| Aug.17 |
Manila hotel inferno kills 75 Gire gutted a 6-storey hotel. Emergency services still recovering bodies
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| 2006 |
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| Feb.3 |
Game show stampede kills 88| Outside a stadium near Manila tens of thousands of people had lined up to watch a popular game show | |
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.6 |
Philippine capital paralysed by floods| Torrential rain has paralysed parts of the capital, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and closing schools, offices and the stock exchange | |
| 2009 |
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| Sep.26 |
Philippines battles flood chaos
Rescue teams are stepping up efforts to reach flood victims, where at least 72 people are feared to have died following torrential rains
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| Sep.26 |
Dozens dead in floods 
| At least 40 people have been killed and thousands more evacuated as floods caused by heavy rain brought chaos | |
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| 2008 |
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| Jul.25 |
Hole forces Qantas plane to land| A passenger plane en route from London to Melbourne has made an emergency landing after a large hole appeared in its fuselage | |
| 2002 |
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| Nov.10 |
Passenger plane ditches into Manila Bay A plane with 29 passengers and 5 crew aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff. 16 were rescued
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| 2009 |
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| Feb.10 |
Philippines works to save 200 dolphins Authorities were trying to drive back to sea a pod of about 200 dolphins that had swarmed to shallow waters in Manila Bay
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| 2009 |
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| Sep.27 |
Floods test rescuers Rescue workers are being overwhelmed by the scale of floods from tropical Storm Ketsana that are estimated to have killed at least 86 people
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| 2009 |
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| Oct.6 |
Submerged city faces disease threat Typhoon Parma dumped as much as 36 inches of rain in some parts of islands, compounding misery in areas already flooded by storm Ketsana
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.26 |
Up to 25 feared dead in ferry tragedy
At least three people have died and 22 remain missing after a ferry sank in waters south of Manila
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| Dec.23 |
27 missing after boats collide Of the 73 passengers and crew on board, 46 were rescued and 27 others were still missing from the sunken ferry that collided with a fishing boat
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.9 |
More rains add to Philippines flood woes Thursday brought no break from the rain for nearly 2 million people in the Philippines, where a monsoon has caused heavy flooding and at least 19 deaths
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| Aug.2 |
Typhoon batters Philippines Heavy rains from the outer bands of Typhoon Saola have left 23 people dead and another five injured
| 2011 |
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| Sep.27 |
Philippines cleans up after storm A huge clean-up operation is under way in the Philippines after Typhoon Nesat battered the capital Manila and the main island, Luzon
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| Sep.26 |
Powerful typhoon hits Philippines
Map of Albay Philippines| A powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines, triggering floods, cutting power and halting work in the capital Manila | |
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| Aug.26 |
Typhoon to miss north Philippines
Typhoon Nanmadol is not expected to make landfall in the Philippines
| 2009 |
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| Oct.1 |
Ketsana death toll exceeds 300 Ketsana is barreling toward Laos after leaving a trail of destruction and death across southeast Asia
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| 2012 |
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| Jan.1 |
Hundreds hurt in New Year festivities Firecrackers and gunfire injured nearly 500 people as throngs ushered in the New Year in Manila
| 2001 |
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| May.10 |
Blast wounds 13 people An explosion went off at a pre-election rally at a parking lot of a gymnasium in the Manila suburb