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Last batch of winners

Villar, Ejercito, Honasan named last Senators-elect

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will proclaim more winners in the senatorial race Saturday night, amid criticisms of "premature" proclamations.

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  • Why Honasan feels bittersweet at his proclamation Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom
    Why Honasan feels bittersweet at his proclamation

    For newly-proclaimed Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, this could be his last six years as senator.

  • Pimentel gets his first ever Comelec proclamation Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom
    Pimentel gets his first ever Comelec proclamation

    Vindicated. This is how re-elected Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III felt when he showed up at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City for his proclamation on Saturday.

  • Philippines rejects Taiwan 'murder' claims AFP News
    Philippines rejects Taiwan 'murder' claims

    The Philippines Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that Filipino coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat.

  • Philippine 'massacre clan' enjoys election wins AFP News
    Philippine 'massacre clan' enjoys election wins

    A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines' worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served.

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  • Hong Kong train accident: 62 injured
    Hong Kong train accident: 62 injured AFP News
    Hong Kong train accident: 62 injured

    Over 60 people were injured when a two-car train derailed on Hong Kong's light railway in the north of the city, throwing passengers onto the floor, police said Friday.

  • Japan PM says shrine visits 'natural' AFP News
    Japan PM says shrine visits 'natural'

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended in an interview Friday the right of Japan's leaders to visit a controversial shrine to war dead but hit back at critics who accuse him of revisionism.

  • UN, Russia call for urgent Syria conference AFP News
    UN, Russia call for urgent Syria conference

    UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Russia agreed Friday that a peace conference on Syria should be held "as soon as possible", even as Moscow defied growing global pressure over its arms supplies to the Damascus regime.

  • Probe opened into US train crash, major disruption seen AFP News
    Probe opened into US train crash, major disruption seen

    Officials have opened an investigation into a rush-hour collision between two commuter trains that injured 70 passengers and severed a key rail link in the northeastern United States.

  • Argentina ex-dictator takes secrets to the grave AFP News
    Argentina ex-dictator takes secrets to the grave

    Late Argentine dictator General Jorge Videla will be buried without revealing what happened to the tens of thousands who "disappeared" during his rule, rights groups said Saturday.

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  • Australia budget blues in land of mining boom
    Australia budget blues in land of mining boom AFP News
    Australia budget blues in land of mining boom

    As China's economy slows and Australia begins its painful transition away from a decade-long mining boom, Treasurer Wayne Swan will have little to offer voters seeking an election-year spending spree Tuesday.

  • Rumours, grief and questions: A virus ravages a Saudi family Reuters

    By Angus McDowall HOFUF, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - On the third day after his father's death from a respiratory infection, Hussein al-Sheikh began to feel feverish. Shortly afterwards, says the 27-year-old Saudi, "I was almost dead". Hussein, who had often visited his father's bedside in his last days, was admitted to intensive care in a hospital in Dhahran, in the Eastern Province oil heartland of Saudi Arabia. Then his brother, Abdullah, and later his sister, Hanan, fell ill, obtaining

  • India IT watchdog investigating breach in ATM heist Reuters

    By Swati Pandey and Supantha Mukherjee MUMBAI/BANGALORE (Reuters) - The Indian government's cyber watchdog is investigating how security at two companies that are part of the country's vast IT services ...

  • Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million Reuters
    Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million

    By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Powerball jackpot Saturday night could exceed the $600 million figure being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery payoff in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday. "Oftentimes, the advertised amount is lower than what the actual jackpot ends up being," said Kelly Cripe, a spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery. "It's entirely possible this $600 million jackpot will end up being a bigger jackpot. ...

  • Misibis bay: A happy place MB

    Moming back from our honeymoon three years ago, friends playfully asked, "So what did you do?" And to their horror we answered, "Of course that, and we read 15 or more chapters of the Bible for five days and four nights." Not that we're religious but my husband and I are quite active and energetic people, and it takes very little to get us up and running. ...

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