Arroyo confident of defeating Philippines Maoist rebels by 2010
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President Gloria Arroyo on Friday expressed confidence the Philippines government would effectively end the three-decade-long communist insurgency by 2010.
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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has warned heads of government corporations will be fired if they do not reduce their pay and implement her strict austerity program.
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, facing mounting calls for her resignation, vowed on Thursday to complete her term in office and not get derailed by a brewing kickbacks scandal.
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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said the country would not default on its debt repayments even if the country were in the midst of a fiscal crisis.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia  - A former general who has pledged to get tough on terrorism and fix the economy was headed for a landslide win over incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia's landmark elections Monday, according to a nationwide sampling of votes.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said  on Friday the Philippines&#39; new security pact with Australia  would make the Southeast Asian region safer and more secure  from Islamic militants.
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The year 2004 was definitely a banner year for President Arroyo, who got a fresh mandate from the Filipino electorate to claim the highest position in the land.
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MANILA (DPA): The Philippines on Wednesday vowed to continue its close anti-terrorism cooperation with Indonesia under its new leader, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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Nepal will push ahead with planned elections if Maoist rebels do not respond by Jan. 13 to a government offer for peace talks to end a bloody revolt, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Thursday.
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Friday appreciated the &quot;courage and humility&quot; that the military officers, who participated in a mutiny last year,showed in an apology
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NEW DELHI: Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba vowed yesterday to crush a deadly Maoist revolt in his poor Himalayan nation as giant neighbour India promised more military help to fight the leftist guerillas.
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Poverty in the Philippines will remain a problem for years and government proposals to halve it by 2010 remain "unfeasible", according to economists.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - A former general who has pledged to fight terror and fix the economy was headed for landslide win over incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia's landmark elections Monday, according a nationwide sampling of votes by an independent pollster.    Challenger Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was expected to win 62 percent of the votes compared to 38 percent for Megawati in the runoff election, according to the survey by the Washington-based National Democratic Institute, which is the international arm of the U.S...
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President Arroyo's bid to change the Philippines constitution comes under fire
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The Philippine army is pushing for tougher laws to help crush nearly 40 years of communist rebellion, favoring legislation similar to the internal security acts enforced elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the military chief said on Friday.
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Investors were optimistic that former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won a landslide victory in presidential elections and would kick-start needed economic reforms.
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VIENTIENE, Laos: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hopes ASEAN will be able to bring forward the deadline to become an Economic Community before 2020.