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6 police, 7 assailants killed amid Malaysian siege
Gunmen ambushed and killed six Malaysian policemen as fears mounted that armed intruders from the southern Philippines had slipped into at least three ...
ADB president leading name for Japan central bank
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing to nominate Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda to head Japan's central bank and help spearhead ...
Filipinos abroad hire Cupids to serenade lovers
Angelica Nino, a 22-year-old manager of a Manila restaurant, was preparing to assign shifts to her crew last week when she got a big surprise from her ...
Philippine town mourns largest captive crocodile
A remote southern Philippine town has gone into mourning over the death of the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, even though it was ...
Filipino extremists face new foe: fellow rebels
After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in the southern Philippines, an Al-Qaida-linked militant group is facing a new ...
22 killed in clash of Filipino extremists, rebels
A Muslim rebel group said Monday it attacked Abu Sayyaf gunmen after the al-Qaida-linked militants refused to free hostages, sparking fierce jungle ...
Crime casts shadow over Philippines image makeover
Even by the usual standards in the Philippines, where crime is an accepted part of life, the brazen evening robbery of a jewelry store in one of the ...
China urged to face Philippines at UN tribunal
A senior U.S. lawmaker meeting with Philippine officials said Tuesday that China should agree to face the Philippines before a U.N.
Philippine dictatorship victims to be compensated
Almost four decades after he was arrested and tortured and his sister disappeared into a maze of Philippine police cells and military houses, ...
US Navy ship taking on water on Philippine reef
A U.S. Navy minesweeper that ran aground on a Philippine reef is damaged and taking on water and will have to be lifted off the rocks in an operation ...
Philippines taking S. China Sea fight to tribunal
The Philippines took a desperate legal step against China's claims to virtually the entire South China Sea, formally notifying the Asian superpower ...
Philippines says 6 workers among dead in Algeria
Six Filipinos were among the hostages killed by militants who laid siege to an Algerian gas field for four days, the Philippine Department of Foreign ...
US Navy: Ship stuck in Philippines used faulty map
An inaccurate map that mislocated a marine sanctuary may have caused a U.S. Navy minesweeper to run aground on a coral reef in the Philippines this ...
Most crew leaves US Navy ship stuck in Philippines
Most of the sailors on a U.S. Navy minesweeper that struck a coral reef in the Philippines left the ship Friday for safety reasons after initial ...
Correction: Philippines-Fatal Fire story
In a story Jan. 12 about a hotel fire that killed seven people in Olongapo, Philippines, The Associated Press misspelled a victim's surname based on ...
Police among 13 suspects slain in Philippine clash
At least three police personnel were among 13 suspected criminals who were gunned down in a shootout with Philippine security forces at a highway ...
New law points to Philippine church's waning sway
Twenty-six years after Roman Catholic leaders helped his mother marshal millions of Filipinos in an uprising that ousted a dictator, President Benigno ...
UN says more than 60,000 dead in Syrian civil war
The United Nations gave a grim new count Wednesday of the human cost of Syria's civil war, saying the death toll has exceeded 60,000 in 21 months — ...
From a Manila slum emerges an unlikely ballerina
The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt ...
8 dead in Christmas Day fires, riot in Philippines
Angry residents beat a man to death and threw rocks at firefighters after a shantytown fire left thousands of people homeless, and another Christmas ...
Philippines OKs divisive contraceptives bill
Philippine legislators passed a landmark bill Monday that would provide government funding for contraceptives and sexuality classes in schools despite ...
Pacquiao loss downs spirit of storm-hit Filipinos
Filipino fans were stunned by Manny Pacquiao's knockout defeat to Juan Manuel Marquez, dampening the spirit of a nation battered by a powerful typhoon ...
More than 100 dead in Philippine typhoon
The death toll from Typhoon Bopha climbed to more than 100 people Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the ...
Powerful typhoon kills at least 74 in Philippines
Torrential floods from a powerful typhoon engulfed emergency shelters and an army truck carrying soldiers and villagers who were fleeing their homes ...