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INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Cop shot dead in robbery inside bus in Davao City
Six unidentified men shot and killed a police officer during a robbery inside a bus in Sitio (sub-village) Pagan, Barangay (village) Marilog, Davao City on Monday, according to belated police reports reaching Camp Crame. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Hostage incident a ‘local crisis’–DILG exec
Interior and Local Government undersecretary Rico Puno on Friday said that the government's crisis management committee treated the botched August 23 hostage incident as a local instead of a national crisis despite the fact that majority of the hostages were foreign nationals. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Sept. 10 a non-working holiday—Palace
MANILA, Philippines – Malacanang declared September 10 a regular non-working holiday following the end of Eid’l Fitr or the Feast of Ramadan, Radyo Inquirer reported Friday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » NASA launches iPad application
WASHINGTON—NASA has landed on the iPad. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Road accident in Cavite; one hurt
The helper of a 10-wheeler truck was in critical condition after the vehicle rammed a van, a car, and an electric post along General Aguinaldo Highway in Bacoor, Cavite, an hour past midnight Thursday, the police said. For unknown reasons, the driver fled the scene. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » ‘Henry’ enters RP area of responsibility; more rains seen
MANILA, Philippines – A tropical depression has entered the Philippine Area of responsibility and is expected to enhance the southwest monsoon, the state-run weather bureau said Friday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » 4th graders do Math better in Filipino, says UP prof
MANILA, Philippines—In Valenzuela City early this year, fourth graders were given a Math quiz in Filipino while sixth graders took the same quiz in English. [Link]
GMANews.TV » DA warns sugar vendors vs hiking prices
An Agriculture official on Friday warned vendors against selling sugar above P52 per kilo, saying the government has not yet approved any adjustment in the commodity's retail prices. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Truck driver, helper rescued from swollen river
MANILA, Philippines – A driver and his helper were rescued early Friday after their 10-wheel truck was swept away by a swollen river in Rodriguez, Rizal, which they tried to cross despite warnings not to, police said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Young US women learn, earn more than men—study
After years of earning less than their male counterparts, some American women are catching up to and even overtaking men in terms of how much they earn, but only some of them, a study shows. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Move on, science chief urges ex-PAGASA head
MANILA, Philippines—Prisco Nilo, the weather bureau chief who was fired by President Benigno Aquino III last month, should “move on,” said Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Basketball: China join Australia in last 16
IZMIR—China scraped into the second round of the World Basketball Championships on Thursday while Australia also made sure of their last 16 spot. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Fuel tanker runs aground in Canadian Arctic—coast guard
OTTAWA—A fuel tanker has run aground in Canada's far north, carrying nine million liters (2.4 million gallons) of diesel fuel that risk spilling into the Arctic waters, the Canadian Coast Guard said Thursday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Promising new one-dose malaria drug discovered
Researchers have discovered a promising new malaria drug with the potential to treat resistant strains of the deadly disease in a single dose, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » WWF calls for 'roar of support' for wild tigers
GENEVA—The conservation group WWF on Thursday urged people to send in a recorded "roar of support" for wild tigers, whose numbers have plunged over the past century from 100,000 to fewer than 3,200. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » US rapper T.I. arrested for drugs possession
Grammy award-winning US rapper T.I. and his wife were arrested for drugs possession overnight in Los Angeles, police said Thursday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Chrome update marks Web browser's second birthday
SAN FRANCISCO—Google released an improved version of Chrome on Thursday as the Internet titan's Web browser turned two years old. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Zeta-Jones 'furious' at late cancer diagnosis for Douglas
LOS ANGELES—Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is "furious" that doctors failed to diagnose her Hollywood veteran husband Michael Douglas's throat cancer earlier, she said in an interview published Thursday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Wall Street jumps after positive jobs, housing data
NEW YORK—Wall Street stocks advanced Thursday as better-than-expected jobs and housing data helped sustain the previous day's boom ahead of a key monthly employment report. [Link]
GMANews.TV » US stocks move higher following jobs, housing reports
Stocks rose Thursday, extending their gains from the day before, after reports on housing, manufacturing and jobs all indicated that the economy continues to grow. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » AOL renews search deal with Google
Google will power Internet search across AOL properties and AOL video will appear on YouTube under an agreement reached on Thursday between the Web companies. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Twitter launches iPad application
WASHINGTON—Hot microblogging service Twitter launched an application for the Apple iPad on Thursday to rave reviews from technology blogs. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Sept. 10 is world suicide prevention day
World Suicide Prevention Day will be marked on Sept. 10 with the theme “Many Faces, Many Places: Suicide Prevention Across the World” to underscore the importance of an international effort to prevent suicides. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » In Venice, Jewish lens focuses on Palestinians' story
US filmmaker Julian Schnabel, a New York Jew, tells it like it is from the Palestinian point of view in "Miral" screening as the Venice film festival got into full swing on Thursday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Burger King OKs buyout as it struggles against rival
Burger King said Thursday it had accepted a $4-billion takeover bid by a little known investment firm, as the fast food chain tries to close the gap with leader McDonald's and expand overseas. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Russian fires start up again—ministry
MOSCOW—Forest and brush fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing two people and burning down nearly 500 houses and buildings, the emergencies ministry said Thursday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » World oil prices soar on positive economic data
NEW YORK—World oil prices climbed Thursday on mostly positive US economic data indicating continued demand for the key commodity in the world's largest economy. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » US gov’t sues Arizona sheriff over immigration probe
WASHINGTON—The US government has followed through with its warnings to a prominent Arizona sheriff, filing suit against him Thursday for not cooperating with an investigation into alleged discrimination against illegal immigrants. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Davydenko joins seeded scrap heap at US Open
NEW YORK—Russian sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko, twice a US Open semi-finalist, became the latest high-ranked contender ousted at the US Open, falling 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Thursday to 38th-ranked Frenchman Richard Gasquet. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Hurricane Earl menaces US East Coast
KITTY HAWK—Hurricane Earl bore down on a vast stretch of the US East Coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina's barrier islands to avoid dangerous winds and surf. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Abbas, Netanyahu agree to resume talks Sept. 14-15
WASHINGTON—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas agreed Thursday to resume their peace talks in the Middle East on September 14-15, US special envoy George Mitchell said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Oil rig blast forces 13 workers into Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS—An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Snakes on a plane! British officials make weird finds
LONDON—British border officials said Thursday they had stopped dozens of weird animals being snuck into the country — including a boa constrictor wrapped round a man's leg. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Masked police raid Russian opposition magazine—editor
MOSCOW—Russian police, including masked members of the special forces, raided Thursday the offices of outspoken opposition magazine The New Times as part of a libel probe, its chief editor said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Basketball: USA cruise past Tunisia into worlds second round
ISTANBUL—The USA cruised into the second round of the world basketball championships unbeaten after a big second-half effort saw them pull away 92-57 from Tunisia. [Link]
