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 XINING, China – China poured rescue crews and equipment into a mountainous Tibetan region Thursday in a bid to find survivors more than a day after strong earthquakes killed more than 600 people and injured thousands. The series of quakes flattened buildings across remote western Yushu county and [...]  Manila – Twenty-one people, including journalists and human rights lawyers, were killed Monday in the southern Philippines in what appeared to be political killings, the military said. At least 20 more were unaccounted for and feared dead in what presidential aide Jesus Dureza described as a ‘gruesome massacre of civilians unequalled in recent history.’ ‘Even working women [...]  PRESIDENT Arroyo yesterday ordered the National Police and the Armed Forces to launch a massive manhunt against the Abu Sayyaf group behind the kidnapping and subsequent beheading of a school principal in Sulu. Deputy presidential spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo said Arroyo ordered the police and the military to embark on full-stream operations to put an end [...]  MANILA, Philippines – The first of two of the largest high-energy food shipments from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) arrived in the country yesterday for victims of storm “Ondoy” and typhoon “Pepeng.” Stephen Anderson, WFP country director, said the first 100-metric-ton shipment of nutritious biscuits was loaded from Turkey and flown to the Philippines [...]  THE time for finger-pointing on the ongoing conflict in Mindanao should end now and what is needed to attain lasting peace is an institution that has the political will to appeal to both parties to sit down and discuss solutions, according to a party-list representative. This is the gist of Anak Mindanaw Rep. Ariel Hernandez’s House [...] 
The Philippines government says 240 people have died in severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm Ketsana. The disaster has also left more than 450,000 people displaced. But while flood waters recede, questions about the government’s response to the crisis have begun to surface. With homes still under water, many Filipinos remain homeless and despondent.
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