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Manila summit discusses latest trends in preschool education
What is the 21st century classroom like? How is the educational setting evolving with recent advances in technology? How are students and teachers alike adapting to the change? These, and other questions, were discussed at the just-concluded 1st Philippine Summit on Early Childhood Education sponsored by Wyeth Preschool Gold and Maximus Inventus in ...
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Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders
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.
Vietnam evacuates coastal areas as storm nears
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.
Yankees win...Strike averted...Deadly typhoon
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.
Cyclone Heads to Vietnam After Killing 14 People in Philippines
Tropical Storm Marinae is heading toward central Vietnam after lashing the central Philippines, where authorities say it killed at least 14 people.
U.S. officials to meet Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung Sun Suu Kyi is seen in a taped message on a television screen in Manila, Philippines, August 2002.
16 killed in Philippine slum fire, including kids
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.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Official says 16 pe ...
Official says 16 people killed in fire that gutted Philippine residential building.
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.
Kidnappers demand $2 million for Irish hostage
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.
Typhoon Mirinae already raining on the Philippines
This infrared image from NASA's AIRS instrument on the Aqua Satellite shows the extent of Mirinae's high clouds on Oct.
Typhoon Marinae slamming Manila in The Philippines with winds over 100 mph
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.
MANILA: Philippines survives another typhoon
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 on track to hit flooded Manila
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 'Delivers to a Changing World'
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.
Mirinae intensifying while moving away from the northern Marianas
Microwave images are created when data from NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS and AMSU instruments are combined.
Typhoon-hit Philippines gets U.S. food aid
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.
Typhoon Lupit to Slam Northern Philippines
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.
Erratic Typhoon Lupit weakens into storm, hovers near Philippines and keeps residents on edge
A Filipino man pushes his cart with his son on board through almost month-long floodwaters in Pinagbuhatan, Pasig city, east of Manila.
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