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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Philippine Times.com http://www.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 20:08:52 -0400 Fri, 09 May 2008 20:08:52 -0400 30 In Harare, South African President Thabo Mbeki has met President Robert Mugabe to discuss the political crisis in Zimbabwe. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357621/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:46:34 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357621/cs/1/ The government of the Central African Republic has signed a peace deal with the APRD rebel movement. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357620/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:44:32 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357620/cs/1/ Criminal gangs have shot dead another police chief in Mexico City. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357619/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:42:05 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357619/cs/1/ Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has abruptly cancelled plans to fly to Rangoon over the weekend to persuade the ruling Myanmar junta to accept aid workers and supplies from the United States. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357472/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:34:01 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357472/cs/1/ British Airways has said that it has stopped serving beef to economy class passengers but denied it did so for fear of offending Hindus. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357595/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:24 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357595/cs/1/ Myanmar's military rulers have urged voters to approve a new constitution at Saturday's referendum, which is still due to go ahead, even after the devastation caused by cyclone Nargis. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357486/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 08:07:09 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357486/cs/1/ 'Col. Karuna', a renegade Tamil Tiger leader who rights groups say committed war crimes in Sri Lanka, has been released from a British jail ahead of possible deportation to his country. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357569/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:29 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357569/cs/1/ Large parts of Beirut, including all roads leading to the capital's international airport, have been taken by Hezbollah forces. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357474/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:46:23 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357474/cs/1/ Moscow, May 9 (RIA Novosti) Russia Friday celebrated the 63rd Victory Day to mark the surrender of the Nazis at end of the World War II, with President Dmitry Medvedev inspecting the parade, that was held on a spectacular scale involving some 8,000 military personnel. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357507/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:42 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357507/cs/1/ United States military sources in Iraq have denied reports that Iraqi security forces have detained the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357477/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:49:13 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357477/cs/1/ Oil prices are ending the week on a record high after surging towards $125 per barrel in trading Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357490/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:11 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357490/cs/1/ Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, a senior career diplomat, Friday took charge as India's new High Commissioner to Britain, a country that enjoys particularly close economic and political relations with India. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357488/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:05 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357488/cs/1/ Bharti Airtel and 15 other leaders of the global telecommunications industry have signed a deal to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fibre undersea cable system from Britain to India. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357451/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:09 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357451/cs/1/ Another dream final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, big crowds and more sunshine are what local organisers hope for at the Hamburg Masters Series tennis tournament. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357447/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:03 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357447/cs/1/ A 24-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh was to appear before British magistrates Friday on charges of killing a woman from his native state in the city of Birmingham, 190 km from here. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357427/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:23 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357427/cs/1/ An advertising alliance between Yahoo and Google was viewed as increasingly likely Friday after Google CEO Eric Schmidt said a two-week test had been a 'brilliant' success. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357616/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:23 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357616/cs/1/ The United Nations Friday appealed for $187 million to fund international efforts to assist Myanmar's 1.5 million people affected by Cyclone Nargis. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357610/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:16 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357610/cs/1/ Caracas, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The 12-member Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) has announced the formation of an energy council for better integration of the region to ensure energy security. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357600/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:12 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357600/cs/1/ Vikram Pandit, India born chief executive of Citigroup, Friday presented his strategy to turn around the beleaguered bank and announced that it plans to unload $400 billion more in 'legacy assets' over the next few years to reinvigorate itself. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357593/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:20 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357593/cs/1/ Pakistani government and the pro-Taliban militants Friday agreed on a ceasefire in Pakistan's restive north-western district of Swat, hours after a policeman was killed in an attack on a security convoy in the area, officials said. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357589/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:13 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357589/cs/1/ The Indian hockey team put up a pathetic display to suffer a humiliating 1-5 defeat against Argentina in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament here Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357586/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:06 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357586/cs/1/ Pakistani authorities Friday released a nationalist and senior rebel leader, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, as part of reconciliatory efforts to end violence in the insurgency-hit south-western province of Balochistan. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357580/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:39 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357580/cs/1/ Rome/ With reports of a possible 100,000 cyclone deaths in Myanmar, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Friday suspended relief flights to Myanmar after 38 tons of aid were impounded by authorities in the disaster-struck country. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357560/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:21 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357560/cs/1/ The Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah and its ally Amal Friday seized control of key western part of the Lebanese capital in the third day of armed clashes with pro-government opponents. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357545/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:26 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357545/cs/1/ At least eight civilians were killed Friday when a powerful bomb exploded in a tea shop in Sri Lanka's eastern town of Amparai on the eve of provincial council elections, military sources said. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357521/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:23 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357521/cs/1/ Defending champion Gaurav Ghei crashed out of weekend action even as Rahil Gangjee leapt up from a borderline 59th to 17th with a fine four-under 68 at the Pine Valley Beijing Open Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357516/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:14 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357516/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday let the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) off with a warning for preparing a 'poor quality' pitch at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur for the third and last Test between India and South Africa last month. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357510/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:05 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357510/cs/1/ South African President Thabo Mbeki returned to Zimbabwe Friday for talks with President Robert Mugabe on the country's post-election impasse as foreign ambassadors visited the victims of attacks carried out by Mugabe-loyal youth militia. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357508/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:43 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357508/cs/1/ The US Friday told Bangladesh's caretaker government that it would not accept 'any deviation' from the December timetable for free and fair elections to restore democracy. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357503/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:38 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357503/cs/1/ At least 63 people, including 33 Tamil Tiger rebels, were killed and over 50 wounded when Sri Lankan government troops launched a fresh offensive into the rebel stronghold in northwestern Mannar district Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357502/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:35 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357502/cs/1/ Nepal's ruling parties Friday asked Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to call the crucial first meeting of the newly-elected constituent assembly in the last week of this month, further tightening the noose around the neck of King Gyanendra, who is poised to be the last monarch in a dynasty that spanned nearly two and a half centuries. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357496/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:25 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357496/cs/1/ Vikram Pandit, chief of the troubled Citigroup, is set to reveal his revival strategy to investors and he is expected to emphasise on the business model. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357492/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:15 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357492/cs/1/ Hefei (China), May 9 (Xinhua) The toll in hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in China rose to 34 Friday with two more deaths reported from the eastern province of Anhui as nearly 25,000 people, mostly children, were infected, health ministry officials said Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357482/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 08:02:13 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357482/cs/1/ Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has welcomed the International Cricket Council's (ICC) plan to allow the players to challenge umpiring decisions in Test cricket. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357435/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:29 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357435/cs/1/ Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's case has taken yet another turn with the Immigration Department refusing to release documents and his lawyers appealing against it. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357433/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:27 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357433/cs/1/ Asserting that Pakistan wanted peaceful and good neighbourly relations with India, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Friday said these were necessary to end poverty and unemployment in the region. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357425/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:21 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357425/cs/1/ Beirut, May 9 (Xinhua) At least eight people were killed and 40 wounded in three days of sectarian fighting in the Lebanese capital, security sources said Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357423/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:19 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357423/cs/1/ Indo-Swede Daniel Chopra shot an even par 72 in the first round to be tied 35th at the US PGA Tour's Players golf Championship. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357417/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:09 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357417/cs/1/ Amid sweeping security arrangements, Sri Lanka's war-hit eastern province comprising Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Amparai districts will elect a provincial council Saturday, barely a year after the military seized the former Tamil Tiger strongholds. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357415/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:07 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357415/cs/1/ A Yemeni minister began negotiations with France's state-owned nuclear power producer Electricity de France on plans to build a nuclear power generation plant in the Arab state, the official Saba news agency reported. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357403/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:54 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357403/cs/1/ Bangkok, May 9 (Xinhua) Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej will fly to Myanmar Sunday in a bid to persuade its leaders to accept relief supplies from the US after a tropical cyclone wreaked havoc in the country, media reports said Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357382/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:26 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357382/cs/1/ Malaysian Indian lawmaker M. Manoharan, sworn in while in jail, has said he would continue to fight for the rights of the country's ethnic minorities. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357378/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:21 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357378/cs/1/ Government troops recaptured a strategic town from Tamil rebels after killing at least 15 insurgents and losing two soldiers in military operations in the area, military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357376/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:20 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357376/cs/1/ Abu Ayyub al-Masri, leader of the Iraqi branch of the terrorist network Al Qaeda, has been arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi defence ministry said according to broadcaster al-Jazeera. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357374/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:18 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357374/cs/1/ Dhaka, May 9(IANS) Bangladesh is expected to tell the Tata group that it cannot spare gas supplies for many of the ventures proposed as part of a $3 billion investment plan, a move that could further delay the Indian conglomerate's entry to the country. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357368/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:07 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357368/cs/1/ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Myanmar's military government to focus on its national tragedy in the wake of Cyclone Nargis as it prepared instead to hold a referendum this weekend on a new constitution. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357366/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:06 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357366/cs/1/ 'All I want to do now is find a boyfriend and get on with my life,' says a Malaysian woman who created history by reverting to Buddhism from Islam. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357362/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:49 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357362/cs/1/ The Japanese government announced Friday it would provide up to $10 million to UN agencies for aid to cyclone-devastated Myanmar as it criticised Myanmar's military junta for not accepting relief personnel. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357357/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:39 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357357/cs/1/ Jakarta, May 9 (Xinhua) Luxembourg-based steel maker ArcelorMittal has raised its investment cap for new operations in Indonesia to $10 billion from $3 billion that includes bid to acquire shares in state-owned Krakatau Steel, media reports said Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357354/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:32 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357354/cs/1/ San Francisco, May 9 (DPA) Social networking hub Facebook announced a string of new safety measures against online predators and said it would join rival MySpace on the Internet Safety Task Force. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357353/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:30 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357353/cs/1/ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Myanmar's military government to focus on its national tragedy in the wake of Cyclone Nargis as it prepared instead to hold a referendum this weekend on a new constitution. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357352/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:28 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357352/cs/1/ Lagos, May 9 (Xinhua) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in conjunction with the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) is to organise a high-level training course for sports journalists in Lagos. Tony Nezianya, NOC's Public Relations Officer, said that the course was to prepare the journalists for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games' coverage. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357351/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:27 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357351/cs/1/ Washington/The US has dismissed Russia's expulsion of two US military officials as a 'tit for tat' move by Moscow after Washington kicked out at least two Russian diplomats in recent months. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357350/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:24 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357350/cs/1/ Three police reports were lodged against Malaysian Indian lawmaker Karpal Singh for allegedly questioning the special rights and authority of the Sultan of the Perak state. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357348/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:21 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357348/cs/1/ Cairo, May 9 (Xinhua) Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) president Mounir Sabet has expressed his support for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, saying that he is opposed to any boycott of the Games or attempts to mix sports with politics. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357343/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:11 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357343/cs/1/ Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke is in doubt for this month's West Indies tour for personal reasons. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357314/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:17 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357314/cs/1/ Skipper Ricky Ponting, who is going through an unusually long form slump, has taken recourse to hi-tech plasma screen gadgetry in a private batting tutorial to help overcome the misery before he leaves with the Australian squad for the tour of the Caribbean Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357293/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:43 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357293/cs/1/ A first family wedding with no paparazzi? http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357288/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:31 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357288/cs/1/ A baby boy drowned in a bucket of water three days before his first birthday, news reports said Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357286/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:26 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357286/cs/1/ Islamabad May 9 (DPA) One policeman was killed and two more were injured Friday in a roadside bombing that targeted a security convoy in Pakistan's restive north-western district of Swat, officials said. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357278/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:19 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357278/cs/1/ Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is to press charges for the first time against the amir (chief) of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamist party, for alleged corruption during his 2001-06 stint as the industry minister. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357275/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:17 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357275/cs/1/ Two climbers attempting to scale Nepal's Mount Dhaulagiri have gone missing, sparking off a frantic search to rescue the men, media reports said Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357273/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:14 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357273/cs/1/ Hillary Clinton has been written off by the pundits after a near knockout blow, but rival Barack Obama is not yet ready to declare himself 'the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party'. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357263/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 02:00:28 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357263/cs/1/ India's Shiv Kapur made a steady start at the European Tour's Methorios Capital Italian Open with a first round score of two under 70 here. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357413/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:01:04 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357413/cs/1/ The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) continued its record-breaking climb towards the end of the week, OPEC said Friday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357386/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:00:29 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357386/cs/1/ Want to gauge how hot a chilli is? Nanotechnology can help, says a new study. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357359/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:45 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357359/cs/1/ Within 48 hours of Interpol sending a worldwide alert for a suspected paedophile, a man was arrested by US customs and immigration agents, Interpol said. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357358/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:41 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357358/cs/1/ Trophy holders Roma drew 1-1 at Catania and moved into the Italian Cup final through a 2-1 aggregate score. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357355/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:34 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357355/cs/1/ Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin surveyed a massive military parade in Moscow's Red Square Friday a day after the State Duma confirmed Putin in the premiership. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357346/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:17 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357346/cs/1/ Lisbon, May 9 (Xinhua) A total of 487,500 coins of 2.5 euros alluding to Portugal's participation in the Beijing Olympics are circulating at Continente supermarket subsidiaries for the benefit of the national olympic mission. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357344/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:13 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357344/cs/1/ Singer Tina Turner reveals that it was singer-actress Cher who inspired her to leave her abusive husband Ike because she looked very happy as a single woman. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357306/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:12 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357306/cs/1/ Pep Guardiola is to coach Barcelona next season, replacing the Dutchman Frank Rijkaard, club president Joan Laporta confirmed Thursday. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357295/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:02 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357295/cs/1/ Indian traffic has been one of the major factors for the Nordic airline Finnair's Asian expansion contributing more than half of its revenues last year, says the airline's president and chief executive Jukka Hienonen. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357291/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:35 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357291/cs/1/ George Clooney's girlfriend Sarah Larson is surprised that he is dating her even after she ate a scorpion on a reality show. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357280/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:20 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357280/cs/1/ Actor Ashton Kutcher says he was a bed hopper before he met his wife Demi Moore who convinced him to opt for long term relationships. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357271/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:11 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357271/cs/1/ Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned Thursday as president of AC Milan owing to the incompatibility of the two posts. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357266/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:07 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357266/cs/1/ Don Henley, lead singer of the rock group The Eagles, is surprised that he has been allowed to openly criticise US President George Bush whereas others have been attacked for their negative comments. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357268/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:00:07 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357268/cs/1/ Moscow, May 9 (RIA Novosti) Thailand has received an official request from Washington to extradite an alleged arms dealer to the US where he has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to kill Americans, officials said. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357262/cs/1/ Fri, 09 May 2008 02:00:26 -0400 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/357262/cs/1/ The United Nations was in a tense stand-off with the Burmese junta last night over access to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. The authorities accepted two planeloads of aid destined for 95,000 peop... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719749/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:18:53 -0400 The Independent http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719749/ One stay-at-home mom said the six-figure salary sounds a little low. "I think a lot of people think we sit and home and have a lot of fun and don't do a lot of work," said Samantha Russell, a Fremo... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14721195/ Fri, 09 May 2008 18:19:44 -0400 Newsday http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14721195/ What is happening in China is the greatest economic story on the planet. It is the world's biggest boom – and not just the biggest boom right now, but the biggest boom that has ever occurred in ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719744/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:18:49 -0400 The Independent http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719744/ GENEVA – Myanmar's recovery from a deadly cyclone could be hindered by strong winds and rain over the coming week, the U.N. weather agency said on Friday. 'Occasional tropical rain showers' a... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719365/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:33 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719365/ JUBA, Sudan – At least 25 attacks on aid workers in south Sudan's capital Juba in the past two months have forced staff to relocate and is hindering development in the region recovering from Afr... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718565/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:33 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718565/ PUERTO MONTT, Chile – A towering plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile's remote Patagonia could collapse back down to devastate the surrounding area, a leading expert warned Friday. ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718634/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:39 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718634/ If this were any family, there would be nothing remarkable about the way six-year-old Adham Takatka gently tickles the palms of his baby brother Mohammed before, unprompted, planting a kiss on one of ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719752/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:19:02 -0400 The Independent http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719752/ For the people living alongside the Payapon river – a branch of the mighty Irrawaddy – the slow-moving waters have always been a sustainer of life. The river has provided irrigation for th... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719748/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:18:52 -0400 The Independent http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719748/ A romantic stroll Walking around Tiananmen Square by night is an eerie experience, but also incredibly romantic. To the north of the square lies the amazingly evocative Forbidden City. Expect to ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719743/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:18:42 -0400 The Independent http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719743/ BOGALAY, Myanmar – The 68-year-old fisherman tries to explain how a cyclone swept away the rest of his family, but he can utter only a few simple words before he is overcome by tears and trauma.... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14722219/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:36 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14722219/ BEIRUT – Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday, tightening its grip on the city in a major blow to the U.S.-backed government. Security ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719141/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:32 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719141/ WASHINGTON – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ties to Colombian rebels are deeper than previously thought, a U.S. intelligence official said Friday following an analysis of files on a dead gue... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719200/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:30 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719200/ WASHINGTON – The director of the U.S. office of foreign disaster assistance said Friday that skilled aid workers are being forced to sit on the sidelines as victims of last week's cyclone in Mya... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719353/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:42 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719353/ China's rise in the early 21st century is the headiest tale of development the world has ever seen. A drive through Beijing or Shanghai or Shenzhen or Guangdong gives you all the evidence that you cou... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719746/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:18:48 -0400 The Independent http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719746/ Another American humiliation. The Shia gunmen who drove past my apartment in west Beirut yesterday afternoon were hooting their horns, making V-signs, leaning out of the windows of SUVs with their rif... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719751/ Fri, 09 May 2008 19:19:00 -0400 The Independent http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719751/ UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations appealed Friday to its 192 member states to provide $187 million in aid to help some 1.5 million victims of cyclone-hit Myanmar, despite the ruling military j... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719351/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:38 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719351/ ISTANBUL – Controversial Turkish Islamic author Adnan Oktar was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday for creating an illegal organisation for personal gain, state-run Anatolian news agen... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718986/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:41 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718986/ “You need to have drastic measures, but justice here is soft and slow,” said Barreto, a 76-year-old doctor who was sunbathing on the beach near Copacabana, not far from where gang battles ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718714/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:31 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718714/ FOLEYET, Ontario – Canadian authorities have a train in northern Ontario under quarantine after one person died and several others came down with an undetermined illness. Police say as many a... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14722218/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:35 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14722218/ Gen. Ratko Mladic - indicted for genocide in the 1995 slaughter of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Bosnia - remains one of the world's most-wanted fugitives. But Serbia's lukewarm pledge to capture... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14720186/ Fri, 09 May 2008 18:48:24 -0400 Associated Press http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14720186/ COLOMBO – A bomb went off inside a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka killing at least 11 people on Friday, the military said, a day before the first local elections in the region in two decades. The ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718999/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:29 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14718999/ ISTANBUL, Turkey – A land mine explosion blamed on Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey killed four people and injured four others Friday, officials said. The mine exploded near a minibus packe... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719504/ Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:28 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/14719504/