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3 Busted in Plot to Bomb US Manila Embassy

Mar 6, 2008 5:42 AM CST

3 Busted in Plot to Bomb US Manila Embassy

Foreigners also targeted UK, Australia, Israel missions

(Newser) - Authorities in the Philippines have arrested three men from the Middle East who allegedly plotted to bomb the American embassy in Manila. One of the suspects is from Jordan, but their identities remain unknown, reports AP. The three were also targeting the embassies of the United Kingdom, Australia and Israel,...

Manila Rebels Surrender After Troops Storm Hotel

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Nov 29, 2007 6:22 AM CST

Manila Rebels Surrender After Troops Storm Hotel

Anti-Arroyo stand fails to ignite support; rebels yield to troops

(Newser) - Rebel soldiers who had held 200 workers, guests, and journalists hostage in a Manila luxury hotel surrendered today after Philippine troops launched an assault on the building, the BBC reports. The rebels, who were calling for the overthrow of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, were led handcuffed out of the Peninsula...

Philippines Braces for Typhoon

Nov 23, 2007 1:22 AM CST

Philippines Braces for Typhoon

MIltag may become "super typhoon" before hitting shore Saturday

(Newser) - Typhoon Mitag is racing for the eastern Philippines as officials continue to evacuate almost 200,000 people, the AP reports. Blowing at more than 100 miles per hour, Miltag may become a "super typhoon" with 138mph winds before making landfall Saturday, one expert said. The Philippine region bracing for...

Bomb Rattles Philippines Congress, Kills 3

Nov 13, 2007 7:21 AM CST

Bomb Rattles Philippines Congress, Kills 3

One lawmaker, a former rebel, dies after blast near House entrance

(Newser) - A car bomb outside the Philippines House of Representatives killed three people, including one lawmaker, the AP reports. The blast killed Wahab Akbar, a congressman and former Muslim rebel. He formerly served as governor of the southern province of Basilia and helped fight terrorists there linked to al Qaeda, the...

World's Best Green Hotels

Nov 5, 2007 10:15 AM CST

World's Best Green Hotels

Leave a footprint as small as your carry-on at a luxurious eco-hotel

(Newser) - Solar-heated pools, energy-conserving lights, composted food scraps . . . hotels aren't all bastions of consumption and waste. Travel+Leisure teamed up with Conservation International to assemble a list of 20 eco-friendly hotels:

Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada
Soneva Fushi Resort & Six Senses Spa, Maldives
Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Dubious Bush Benefactor Embedded in Clinton Camp

Oct 21, 2007 8:09 PM CDT

Dubious Bush Benefactor Embedded in Clinton Camp

Alan Quasha makes a strange Dem bedfellow

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has another backer as mysterious as the now-discredited Norman Hsu—this one a businessman who goes way back with George W. Bush. The Nation examines Clinton's ties to Alan Quasha, the Harken Energy magnate who bailed out the younger Bush’s oil company in 1986. Quasha now has...

Housewives Desperately Backpedals From Slur

Oct 5, 2007 7:21 PM CDT

Housewives Desperately Backpedals From Slur

Philippines in uproar over Hatcher dis

(Newser) - “Can I check those diplomas? I want to make sure they're not from some med school in the Philippines,” Teri Hatcher's character tells her doctor in Sunday's Desperate Housewives premiere. Turns out Filipinos are quite proud of their med schools, the Independent writes, and 50,000 or so—...

Philippine Ex-President Gets Life

Sep 12, 2007 5:51 AM CDT

Philippine Ex-President Gets Life

Estrada guilty of plundering millions

(Newser) - Disgraced Philippine ex-president and former movie star Joseph Estrada was sentenced to life in prison today for plundering $85 million from the nation's treasury. Estrada, 70— still popular despite his 2001 ouster amid corruption charges—returned under house arrest to his villa near Manila until his appeals are heard.

Scientists
Race to Save Rice Crops

Jul 29, 2007 7:09 AM CDT

Scientists Race to Save Rice Crops

Floods, droughts, warming threaten world's most vital food

(Newser) - While much of the world focuses its attention on oil, 1,000 people in a lab outside Manila are worrying about the other staple the modern world depends on: rice. Because of drought, floods, and overproduction, Asian rice yields are flatlining, the Journal reports; as a result, the price of...

Violence Mars Philippine Vote

May 15, 2007 6:21 AM CDT

Violence Mars Philippine Vote

(Newser) - Violence, feuds and corruption charges have marred midterm elections in the Philippines. Three people were killed on election day yesterday, bringing the death toll for the three-month campaign to 110, the BBC reports. Opponents of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are trying to win enough seats in parliament to impeach her...