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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama open the 47-nation Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.  The president says he wants new commitments to secure weapons-grade plutonium and uranium to prevent nuclear terrorism. With concerns about the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea a major backdrop to the conference, this is the biggest U.S.-sponsored gathering of world leaders in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=12639&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eleven Philippines soldiers killed in clash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to officials, at least eleven solders in the Philippines were killed and several others injured on Saturday after a gunfight with Communist rebels in Mindoro, a province south of the capital Manila. It was the deadliest incident between the two since the start of the year. Army officials commented that a platoon of Filipino [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=12295&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Typhoon Parma hits Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typhoon Parma was threatening to strike the Philippines capital of Manila, devastated from Typhoon Ketsana just one week earlier, but has taken a more northerly path, largely sparing the city. &#8220;It’s a big help, we weren’t ready for another catastrophe,&#8221; said Marides Fernando, mayor of the Marikina municipality. &#8220;Prayers worked; everyone was praying. We can [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=11167&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Typhoon Parma to hit Philippines saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippines, still reeling from the destructive Typhoon Ketsana just days before, is bracing for another strike from Typhoon Parma, which is expected to hit the region on Saturday. Ketsana brought torrential rains to the northern Philippines on Saturday, inundating most of the capital Manila and surrounding provinces. Scores of people were killed and many [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=11127&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines appeals for flood aid</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/philippines-appeals-for-flood-aid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippines has appealed for international assistance following the worst flooding in more than 40 years. At least 140 people have been killed and another 32 are missing as a result of the heavy rains, and the death toll from the disaster continues to rise. The Philippine government has been attempting to provide shelter, food [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=10696&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly floods caused by storm Ketsana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Ketsana causes record amounts of rainfall in Manila, Philippines, leading to the declaration of a &#8220;state of calamity&#8221; in 25 provinces. Ketsana made landfall in the Philippines early on September 26, 2009. The tropical storm brought Metro Manila its worst rainfall in record history on the morning of September 26, causing heavy flooding. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=10659&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine ferry sinks dozens still missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philippine Navy rescuers managed to save 931 passengers and crew members on board a huge ferry that tilted and sank early Sunday morning in the waters off the archipelago&#8217;s southern coast, officials said. Glenn Rabonza, executive officer of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), said Sunday evening that search is still on for the 28 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=10241&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On this day August 21, 1983</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated upon returning home from exile in the United States at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport). Aquino born November 27, 1932 was a Philippine Senator, Governor of Tarlac, and an opposition leader against President Ferdinand Marcos. His death catapulted his widow, Corazon Aquino, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=9886&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Typhoon Morakot leaves more than 10,000 missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Torrential rains from the storm killed at least 41 people in Taiwan, with over 600 more missing, many of whom are feared dead after a massive mudslide buried an entire town. An additional 23 people were killed in the Philippines and six more in China. Damages from the storm amounted to at least $1.3 billion [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=9662&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Typhoon Morakot set record-breaking heavy rain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typhoon Morakot kills at least 36 people in the Philippines and Taiwan after producing a record-breaking 2,489 millimetres (98 in) of rainfall. In Taiwan, where schools were closed ahead of the typhoon, Morakot caused landslides, severe floods, blew down trees and billboards, and stripped roofs from buildings. In a positive impact, Morakot brought much-needed rain [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=9628&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines hit by Typhoon Kiko</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/philippines-hit-by-typhoon-kiko/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A powerful typhoon that killed dozens people, affected over 28,000 people in the Philippines and has caused the evacuation of 21,190 people from south east China. The Philippines were hit by 175 kilometers per hour gale-force winds with gustiness of up to 210 kph, rainstorms to the regions which triggered flooding, mountain torrents and landslides. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=9616&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corazon Aquino dies</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/corazon-aquino-dies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino dies at the age of 76 after suffering from colon cancer. Maria Corazon &#8220;Cory&#8221; Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a President of the Philippines and a world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women&#8217;s empowerment, and religious piety. She served as the 11th president of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=9494&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical storm hits Philippines</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/tropical-storm-hits-philippines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 21:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dante, a tropical storm in Southeast Asia, has killed at least eleven people and displaced tens of thousands in the Philippines. Government authorities reported that nine persons were missing after a mudslide resulting from the storm in the coastal village of Maganelles. Regional disaster official Bernardo Alejandro said that the army and police were using [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=8410&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine exports plunge</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/philippine-exports-plunge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to government figures published on Tuesday, Philippine exports fell by 41% in January to the lowest levels in eight years. The plunge was preceded by a 40.4% year-on-year loss last December. Philippines&#8217; January export receipts equaled US$2.494 billion, the lowest figures since April 2001, when exports were at $2.246 billion. The statistics are down [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=7665&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen abduct 3 ICRC representatives</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/gunmen-abduct-3-icrc-representatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines reported that three representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were abducted in Patikul, Sulu. Army officers have identified the victims as Swiss Andreas Notter, age 38, Italian Eugenio Vagni, age 62, from Montevarchi and Filipino Mary Jean Lacaba, age 37, a Davao-based ICRC [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=6917&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ebola virus recently discovered in dead pigs</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/ebola-virus-recently-discovered-in-dead-pigs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global animal and health authorities&#8217; emergency mission to the Philippines is investigating whether the strain of deadly Ebola Reston virus, recently discovered in dead pigs, poses a threat to human health. Unlike more-deadly strains of Ebola virus, Philippine health officials say this particular strain, known as the Reston ebolavirus, has never caused human illness or [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=6753&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Filipino journalist killed</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/another-filipino-journalist-killed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leo Luna Mila, 35, a news anchorman and commentator of Radyo Natin, was gunned down Tuesday in San Roque, Northern Samar, Philippines. Mila was shot 12 times while leaving work. As publisher of the local magazine Peryodista and host of another radio program &#8220;Bungkaras&#8221; (Wake Up), he had been critical of the New People&#8217;s Army&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=5747&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sulpicio names companies hired for &#8216;Princess of the Stars&#8217; salvage</title>
		<link>http://formaementis.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/sulpicio-names-companies-hired-for-princess-of-the-stars-salvage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sulpicio Lines has named the companies hired to conduct salvage operations for MV Princess of the Stars, the Philippines ferry that sank on June 21 during Typhoon Fengshen, leaving over 800 passengers dead. The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) had already set a deadline of this Tuesday to name the contractor who would recover [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=1816&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On this day July 4, 1946</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1899 the First Philippine Republic was proclaimed in Malolos, Bulacan but was later dissolved by the US forces, leading to the Philippine-American War between the United States and the Philippine revolutionaries, which continued the violence of the previous years. The US proclaimed the war ended when Aguinaldo was captured by American troops on March [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=1673&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds dead after ferry hit by typhoon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of passengers were feared trapped and may have died after a ferry near the Philippines capsized after being hit by Typhoon Fengshen. The ferry left Manila en route to Cebu on Friday, and according to the owners, Sulpicio Lines, contact was lost at about 1230 local time Saturday. A rescue ship was sent to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=formaementis.wordpress.com&#038;blog=953471&#038;post=1376&#038;subd=formaementis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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