968 detained at climate rally urging bold pact
COPENHAGEN - Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through the chilly Danish capital and nearly 1,000 were detained in a mass rally to demand an ambitious global climate pact, just as talks hit a snag over rich nations' demands on China and other emerging economies.
Nations:Denmark Australia Philippines Activities:Copenhagen Climate Meeting Source:(AP)
2009-12-12
Tests suggest 5 women raped in Philippine massacre
MANILA, Philippines - At least five women among 57 people massacred in an attack on an election convoy in the southern Philippines last week may have been raped, police said Thursday.
Nations:Philippines Source:(AP)
2009-12-03
Eleven more bodies found at Philippine massacre site
AMPATUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine security forces found 11 more bodies Wednesday at the site of an election-related massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll to 57 dead, officials said.
Nations:Philippines People:Ban Ki-moon Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-25
Obama said to want revised Afghanistan options
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama won't accept any of the Afghanistan war options before him without changes, administration officials say, amid an argument by his own ambassador in Kabul that a significant U.S. troop increase would only prop up a weak, corruption-tainted government.
Nations:Afghanistan Philippines People:Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Obama Admin. Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-11-12
Philippine mudslides, floods kill more than 160
MANILA, Philippines - Rescuers struggled through mud and pounding rain Friday to clear mountain roads and retrieve more than 160 bodies from dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut off towns in the rain-soaked northern Philippines.
Nations:Philippines Source:(AP)
2009-10-09
Australia rate hike a good sign for world economy
WASHINGTON - A move by Australia's central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate, the first major economy to do so since the financial crisis worsened last fall, may signal a vote of confidence in a global recovery.
Nations:South Korea Spain Canada India New Zealand Switzerland Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2009-10-06
Second storm slams into northern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - Typhoon Parma slammed into the Philippines on Saturday, ripping off roofs, toppling power pylons and swelling rivers in the country's mountainous north. At least two people were killed, an official said.
Nations:Philippines Taiwan Cambodia Indonesia Source:(AP)
2009-10-03
Philippine death toll rises as new storms brew
MANILA, Philippines - The toll from floods in the northern Philippines rose to at least 284 dead or missing Tuesday as bedraggled victims queued up for aid and Typhoon Ketsana roared into Vietnam.
Nations:Philippines People:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Source:(AP)
2009-09-29
140 die in Philippine storm, toll expected to rise
MANILA, Philippines - Rescuers pulled more bodies from swollen rivers Monday as residents started to dig out their homes from under carpets of mud after flooding left 140 people dead in the Philippine capital and surrounding towns.
Nations:Philippines People:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Source:(AP)
2009-09-28
Thousands stranded by Philippine flooding; 5 die
MANILA, Philippines - Nearly a month's worth of rain fell in six hours Saturday as Tropical Storm Ketsana slammed ashore in the Philippines, killing five people and stranding thousands on rooftops in the capital's worst flooding in more than 42 years.
Nations:Philippines Source:(AP)
2009-09-26
Rain hampers hunt for Taiwan typhoon survivors
CISHAN, Taiwan - Hundreds of survivors from Typhoon Morakot were stranded in mudslide-ravaged villages in southern Taiwan on Wednesday as heavy rains hampered helicopter rescues and the hunt for many more feared buried beneath rubble.
Nations:Philippines Activities:2009 Typhoon Morakot Source:(AP)
2009-08-12
Typhoon pummels Taiwan; 600 missing in mudslide
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said Monday.
Nations:Philippines Activities:2009 Typhoon Morakot Source:(AP)
2009-08-10
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