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Accused Ampatuan pleads not guilty The main suspect in the mass killing of 57 people, Andal Ampatuan Junior, has pleaded not guilty to 41 counts of murder
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| Feb.20 |
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Troops 'kill' Abu Sayyaf militants  Map of Jolo Philippines Philippine troops killed six Islamic militants in an assault on a rebel camp on Jolo island. There are reports that a senior Abu Sayyaf commander killed
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| May.9 |
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Violence mars Philippines elections Map of Zamboanga del Sur Philippines A gunman killed three people and wounded at least five at the house of a mayoral candidate before polls opened
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| May.10 |
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Aquino's son holds lead in vote| Sen. Benigno Aquino III, the son of former president, led contenders for the Philippines presidency | |
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| May.31 |
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6.0 quake strikes Philippines The quake struck at a depth of 20 miles (33 km) in the Moro Gulf, about 28 miles (44 km) southwest of the island of Mindanao
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| Jun.13 |
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 13 killed in bus crash At least 13 people, mainly Iranians, were killed when a bus crashed on a remote twisty road on the Philippine island of Cebu
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| Jun.19 |
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Broken radio system imperils flights Despite a broken navigation system, planes will still be able to land and depart from Manila airport
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| Jun.29 |
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Aquino sworn in as Philippines president| Benigno Aquino III has been sworn in as president, the country's 15th, after winning election in May by a landslide | |
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| Jul.14 |
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Tropical storm rakes Philippines; 18 dead 57 others are missing, as Tropical Storm Conson moved over the Philippines
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| Jul.15 |
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Death toll rises from Philippines storm 36 people died from Tropical Storm Conson. More than 40 people remained missing. 11,230 houses damaged
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| Jul.23 |
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Earthquakes strike south of Philippines A series of four strong earthquakes spanning just over an hour struck the Moro Gulf. The last quake ran the deepest at 616 kilometers
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| Aug.22 |
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Tourists taken hostage in bus Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed police inspector, demanding that his job be reinstated, took a tourist bus hostage with 22 foreigners
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| Aug.23 |
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 Bloody end to hostage siege Rolando Mendoza, a former police officer upset at having lost his job, took hostage a busload of tourists from Hong Kong and killed eight of them
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| Aug.29 |
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Hong Kong rally over Manila dead Thousands of people joined a rally to express their anger at the Philippines' handling of last week's tourist coach hijacking
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| Sep.7 |
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Political massacre trial opens The trial has opened of a powerful politician accused of taking part in the worst political massacre in the Philippine
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| Sep.20 |
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Police, reporters liable in bus standoff A committee looking into bus standoff has recommended criminal charges against former top police officials and three television networks
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| Oct.17 |
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 Philippines on alert as typhoon nears Emergency crews were on standby Sunday as the Philippines braced for a typhoon that could trigger flooding and landslides
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Mega-storm hits north Philippines| Super-Typhoon Megi has made landfall in the northern Philippines, lashing the area with heavy rains and winds of more than 225km/h | |
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| Oct.18 |
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5 killed as Super Typhoon Megi slams| Typhoon Megi roared across the Philippines on Monday, ripping through roofs and cutting off electricity | |
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| Nov.18 |
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Report: Family killed with impunity A powerful Ampatuan family accused in the politically motivated killings has committed many other atrocities with impunity over two decades
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Hotel fire kills 15 Map of Tuguegarao City Philippines Twelve more people were injured. The blaze tore through the hotel, about 350 kilometers north of the capital, Manila
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