Manila, Philippines News

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MANILA, Philippines - 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.

Vietnamese authorities evacuated 20,000 people from coastal provinces, far fewer than they moved in advance of Typhoon Ketsana, which slammed Vietnam in September, killing 160 people.

After a 1 hour, 20 minute rain delay in Philadelphia, the New York Yankees powered their way into a 2-1 World Series lead, with an 8-5 victory over the Phillies.

Tropical Storm Marinae is heading toward central Vietnam after lashing the central Philippines, where authorities say it killed at least 14 people.

Aung Sun Suu Kyi is seen in a taped message on a television screen in Manila, Philippines, August 2002.

A fire swept through a residential building as people slept in a slum community in the central Philippines on Monday, killing 16 residents including women and children.

Official says 16 people killed in fire that gutted Philippine residential building.

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.

Captors of a 79-year old Irish missionary kidnapped in the southern Philippines have released a video in which the priest says his abductors are demanding $2 million to release him.

This infrared image from NASA's AIRS instrument on the Aqua Satellite shows the extent of Mirinae's high clouds on Oct.

Typhoon Marinae is known locally as SANTI and appears to be onshore. It was last reported to have winds gusting to 121 mph with wave heights to 27 feet.

Nathaniel Cruz, spokesman for the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration , was also optimistic about the good weather on All Saintsa Day this Sunday.

Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth cyclone to wallop the Philippines in a month, was barreling toward the capital of Manila, where some districts are still submerged by recent massive flooding, forecasters said Friday.

FedEx has begun a global ad campaign touting its reliability and expertise in helping consumers navigate a fast-changing economic landscape, a move that comes as the packaged shipping industry faces weaker sales brought on by the recession.

Microwave images are created when data from NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS and AMSU instruments are combined.

Snow comes early in Minn., Wis. Oct. 24: 3 inches of snow fell in Rochester, Minn., and Wisconsin had an early snow fall too.

Metro Manila, Philippines - The thought of the long weekend in the country next month brings back to my mind the beaches I've been to in various part of the archipelago.

Inquirer.net , News Report, Nikko Dizon and Alcuin Papa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Posted: Oct 22, 2009 MANILA, Philippines - Typhoon 'Ramil' slowed down then nearly tripled its speed in a matter of six hours as it headed straight to northern Luzon island for an expected landfall on Oct.

A Filipino man pushes his cart with his son on board through almost month-long floodwaters in Pinagbuhatan, Pasig city, east of Manila.