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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:01:43 -0700

Winter getting closer - Knitting some warm black socks
Winter is getting closer and the air definitely has an autumn feel to it. It is about high time that I start getting ready for...
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:01:24 -0700

China watches U.S. elections with bemusement
The electoral spectacle appears chaotic and unseemly to many Chinese, used to disciplined one-party rule. It doesn't help that the media focus on the absurdities. ...
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:00:42 -0700

John McCain and Barack Obama focus on job losses, economy
The presidential candidates travel to battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. DURYEA, Pa. -- The presidential campaign began in earnest today...
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:00:30 -0700

Palin appears to disagree with McCain on sex education
The Republican vice presidential candidate says students should be taught about condoms. Her running mate -- and the party platform -- disagree. Teen pregnancy and...
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:15:25 -0700

Get professional video production services
I have been thinking about putting up some kind of presentation for my knitted and crafted works as a way of promoting my art....
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:37:19 -0700

A reformer’s cross
MANILA, Philippines—The election of Catholic priest Fr. Eddie Panlilio in 2007 as governor of Pampanga province was nothing short of phenomenal.
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:36:56 -0700

Why are we where we are now?
The answer to this burning question was summarized in the 1997 Pastoral Exhortation on Philippine Politics by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, which said.
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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:27:03 -0700

‘Mindanao has suffered worst fighting since 2003’--Red Cross
COTABATO CITY, Philippines -- An official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said Saturday the renewed conflict in Mindanao has been extremely violent and it was stepping up assistance to displaced civilians whose numbers he estimated at up...
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:30:00 -0700

Nur Misuari a BangsaMoro of Filipino Citizenry and the Sabah Dispute
Nur Misuari the chairman of the MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) categorically stated that he is a Bangsamoro and a...
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:40:03 -0700

Unemployment tops 6% for first time in five years
August's jobless rate jumps to 6.1% from 5.7% in July, the Labor Department reports. The manufacturing sector is among the hardest hit. The unemployment rate...
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:39:30 -0700

Imelda Marcos, Imee to testify vs Lucio Tan
MANILA, Philippines—Former First Lady Imelda Marcos and her daughter Imee are to testify before the Sandiganbayan on Monday to support government claims that the bulk of tycoon Lucio Tan's corporate holdings belong to the late dictator Ferdinand...
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:36:45 -0700

Sotto asks youth if they want to scrap juvenile justice law
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—Dangerous Drugs Board Chairman Vicente Sotto III on Friday consulted participants of the 16th National Youth Congress about a plan to amend or scrap the juvenile justice law because narcotics syndicates now employed teenagers...
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:28:05 -0700

CIA, FBI push 'Facebook for spies'
When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:57:56 -0700

Muslim unrest in RP may spread to neighbors – analysts
MANILA, Philippines—With peace talks between the Philippine government and Muslim rebels in tatters, analysts are warning violence will escalate and could spill over into neighboring countries.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:57:45 -0700

Poverty-reduction aid lags, study finds
The United Nations report says an ambitious goal embraced by wealthy countries to cut extreme global poverty by 2015 is in jeopardy. Development aid from the...
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:30:00 -0700

Malacañang’s Gambit may Signal Violence Escalation in Mindanao
It is so amazing that Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is peddling lies once more although it does not come as a surprise as the people...
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:05:37 -0700

MILF wants Roxas in peace team if talks are to resume
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines—The Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Thursday said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should name Senator Mar Roxas head of the government peace team if she decides to reconstitute it. Roxas is one of the stern critics of the...
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:04:34 -0700

Sex on the beach in Dubai?
Babylon & Beyond blog: A British couple is facing up to six years in prison for allegedly having public sex near the surf in Dubai, a split-personality emirate that toys with Western permissiveness but is ruled by Islamic tenets.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:03:59 -0700

Picture of a couple of colored crocheted washcloths
Here is another project from my home. My friend has crocheted a couple of colored washcloths from yarn made of cotton. The...
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:28:02 -0700

SC urged to impose ‘stiffest’ penalty vs guilty of CA bribe
MANILA, Philippines -- The Supreme Court has been urged by a senator to impose the “stiffest” penalty against those involved in the latest bribery scandal at the Court of Appeals.
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:24:23 -0700

Palace: Arrest of Macasaet consequence of libel suit
MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang on Thursday said the arrest of Malaya publisher Amado “Jake” Macasaet was the “logical consequence” of the libel suit filed against him by former Rizal governor Casimiro Ynares and Narciso Santiago, husband of...
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:49:41 -0700

Getting window blinds for our new home
A couple of weeks ago I moved into a new house. The house was mainly empty when we moved in so we have to shop a few things...
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:23:27 -0700

Picture of white hand towel with squares knitted by my friend
Here is a picture of a hand towel that a girl in my collective has knitted. I think it looks really cool with the way she...
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:58:37 -0700

2 trafficked OFWs held in Turkey, to be repatriated--DFA
MANILA, Philippines -- Two Filipinas being trafficked from Libya to Europe were caught in Turkey in early August and would return here soon, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:51:12 -0700

Interpretations
I was fascinated by the complete divergence of the civilian and military responses to the Ateneo de Manila University study on EDSA People Power I.
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