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Global Times Monday 6th February, 2012
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the central Philippines yesterday, killing at least 43 people and causing widespread panic, officials said.The powerful quake hit a narrow strait between the heavily populated island provinces of Negros and Cebu, causing buildings to collapse, cracking roads and bridges, and shutting down the power...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release of four Filipino peacekeepers captured by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights last week.
They had been detained May 7 in the vicinity ...
The Boy Scouts of America National Council has resolved to accept gay members. Do you agree with this policy?
We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
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