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Twenty-eight Malaysian security contingents of the International Monitoring Team in Mindanao, southern Philippines, are set to leave for home on Saturday after Kuala Lumpur announced its pullout one month ago. via People's Daily Online

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“Give people a job and the population will drop.”

Ask Josephine Gonzalez how many children a family should have and the stick-figured 31-year-old mother answers without hesitation. via Chicago Tribune

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“Will you now lead the Philippines in the charge against hunger by going vegetarian and advocating a vegetarian diet?”

Philippines News.Net Thursday 8th May, 2008 Animal protection activists Thursday urged Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to adopt and publicly advocate a vegetarian diet as part of efforts to ease a ... via Philippines News.net

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“It is a bad idea. ... It will create an oligopoly and it's against humanity”

MANILA, Philippines : Rice-exporting nations planned to discuss a proposed cartel to control the price of the staple food Tuesday, a day after a regional development bank called for sharper fiscal policies to ... via International Herald Tribune

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“We will finish this fight. We will not let down”

MANILA, Philippines : Communist rebels ambushed an army convoy in the southern Philippines with land mines and machine-gun fire Monday, killing three soldiers and wounding 13. via International Herald Tribune

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“Management has to suffer the rising prices of production and inputs and increasing cost of services”

Labor representatives rejected a P10 wage hike offer made by employers made during a Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board consultation held Wednesday in Bacolod City. via ABS-CBN News

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“We are not telling them to violate their constitution. On our part, what we want is to reach an agreement. How they will make it legal is up to them”

MANILA, Philippines : The first group of Malaysian peacekeepers left the Philippines on Saturday as peace talks between the government and Muslim rebels were stalled. via International Herald Tribune

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“We don't know for certain that he's a British national but we're conducting our inquiries. "We're talking to local authorities and trying to find out more.”

A Briton who went missing and was feared kidnapped in the Philippines has made contact with an associate, the Foreign Office has said. via MyFox St. Louis

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“I am just here to observe to make sure things go fast”

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo talks to Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez during her visit to the justice department in Manila yesterday MANILA: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited ... via Gulf Times

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