Philippines vows action over political murders
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The Philippines vowed Thursday to take action against rogue elements in the military involved in extrajudicial killings, as the government released an internal inquiry into the murders.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra  said Thursday he would take charge of efforts to end violence  in the largely Muslim south, where nearly 360 people have been  killed since violence erupted in January.
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President Arroyo on Monday said the government is putting the safety of kidnapped Angelito Nayan in line with national interest and doing everything within its power to bring him back safely.
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Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom, pledged on Monday to fight violence and drug trafficking as he took power in a country racked by crime.
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At least seven people, including the police chief of the province of Aklan, were killed and 30 wounded on Sunday when a gunman opened fire at a religious festival in the central Philippines, police authorities said.
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President Hugo Chavez vowed Friday that Venezuela's intelligence services would identify the assassins of a state attorney who intended to prosecute backers of Venezuela's 2002 coup.
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Philippine security forces were on high  alert on Tuesday and investigating claims by Muslim rebels  after explosions in Manila and two southern cities killed at  least 11 people on Valentine's Day.
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MANILA -- President Arroyo vowed Saturday to make all illegal loggers pay for the deaths caused by the recent flashfloods and ordered Environment Secretary Michael Defensor to implement a total log ban and cancel all existing logging permits in the
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World leaders condemned the killing on Tuesday of a Lebanese Christian cabinet minister, with Western powers vowing to do their utmost to prevent the collapse of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's unsteady government.
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The Philippine authorities went on high alert Thursday after the discovery of what officials said was a plot to assassinate President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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KATHMANDU: Nepal pledged action on Friday against rioters who ransacked Muslim shrines and businesses following the murder of 12 Nepalese in Iraq, as a curfew kept the minority community away from weekly prayers.
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The Philippine government, already under fire for a poor human rights record, is coming in for more criticism as it implements a new anti-terror law many fear could be used against political opponents.
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Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi vowed on Tuesday to bring ousted Islamists to justice after the latest spate of postwar attacks targeted a minister's house and the port in Mogadishu.
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Security forces in the Philippines were placed on full alert Thursday amid the discovery of a plot to assassinate President Gloria Arroyo, officials said.
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Facing new violence and harsh criticism, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has promised to set up an independent commission to investigate the deaths in southern Thailand of 85 accused Muslim rioters, including 78 who died in military detention.
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KYIV, UKRAINE -- Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko pledged yesterday to prosecute crimes of the previous regime, including the beheading of an investigative reporter, if he wins the Dec. 26 presidential rerun.
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At least nine people are killed in a major gunbattle between police and squatters in the Philippines.