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INQUIRER.net Breaking News » JFK killing haunts those guarding Obama
WASHINGTON–Americans reflected Saturday on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Floods overrun Davao Sur highway
DIGOS CITY, Philippines–Hundreds of motorists en route to Davao City and General Santos City waited for hours along the national highway in Sulop town in Davao del Sur as floodwaters overflowed onto the road following heavy rains Saturday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » (UPDATE) 7 dead in warehouse fire
MANILA, Philippines–Nenita Marquez had already escaped the flames that engulfed their furniture warehouse when she suddenly rushed back to the building in a heroic but ultimately ill-fated attempt to save her granddaughter. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » 5 hurt as truck rams QC coffee shop
MANILA, Philippines–(UPDATE) An out-of-control six-wheeled truck rammed into a coffee shop after hitting several cars parked in front of the establishment along Katipunan Avenue at around 5 p.m. on Sunday, a police official said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » First Gentleman leaves St. Luke's
MANILA, Philippines–First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo announced on Sunday that he has been declared by his doctors fit and healthy enough to go home. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Lozada: JDV knows much about NBN deal
MANILA, Philippines–Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada, Jr., the key witness to the alleged corruption in the national broadband network deal, urged former Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. to tell everything he knew about the controversial deal before the Senate and the Filipino people, and not merely to a biographer. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » First Gentleman: JDV a 'liar'
MANILA, Philippines–First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo has called former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. "a liar" for claiming that he suggested a mechanism by which the National Broadband Network project could be awarded to the Chinese firm ZTE Corp. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » 5 hurt as truck rams QC coffee shop
MANILA, Philippines–(UPDATE) An out-of-control six-wheeled truck rammed into a coffee shop after hitting several cars parked in front of the establishment along Katipunan Avenue at around 5 p.m. on Sunday, a police official said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Low pressure area seen off S. Mindanao
MANILA, Philippines–A low-pressure area was spotted off Southern Mindanao with the tail-end of a cold front affecting Central and Northern Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Sunday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Neri: No knowledge of ZTE meeting
Social Security System Administrator Romulo Neri, who got previously embroiled in the National Broadband Network deal with China’s ZTE Corp. has disavowed any knowledge of a meeting between the First Couple and the ZTE officials in Shenzen, China, in 2006, as claimed by former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Floods overrun Davao Sur highway
DIGOS CITY, Philippines–Hundreds of motorists en route to Davao City and General Santos City waited for hours along the national highway in Sulop town in Davao del Sur as floodwaters overflowed onto the road following heavy rains Saturday. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Engine failure seen behind Tagum crash
TAGUM CITY, Philippines–Authorities suspect that mechanical failure was behind the crash of a light crop duster plane in a banana plantation here on Saturday morning. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Cagayan de Oro losing call center talent
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines–Small players in the call center industry here are losing their employees due to aggressive poaching by dominant players in the business process outsourcing industries of Cebu and Manila. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Shots in Seattle-area shopping mall
TUKWILA, Washington–Shots erupted in a packed Seattle-area shopping mall Saturday after an apparent argument between a gunman and two other young men, killing one of the men, creating panic among shoppers and sending police on a store-to-store search for the shooter, authorities said. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Church leads campaign for 2 'Quezons'
LUCENA CITY, Philippines–With the start of the official campaign period for the plebiscite on Dec. 13, advocates for the division of Quezon province headed by provincial Catholic Church leaders have started a series of forums and rallies to drumbeat support for its ratification. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » No-first-use on nukes–Pakistan leader
NEW DELHI, India–Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said he was in favour of a no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons, a stance already announced by neighboring India. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Tense Thailand prepares for march
BANGKOK–(UPDATE) Thousands of Thai protesters gathered Sunday for a rally they say will be the final push in a six-month campaign to topple the government, putting the nation on edge after a week of escalating violence. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » 'Great danger' to Tibetans–Dalai Lama
DHARAMSHALA, India–The Dalai Lama warned Sunday of the "great danger" facing the Tibetan people as he addressed leading exiles who vowed continued support for his policy of seeking greater autonomy from China. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Man arrested after Japan stabbings
TOKYO–Japanese police said Sunday they have arrested a man who turned himself in and admitted to the murder of a former top pensions bureaucrat. [Link]
INQUIRER.net Breaking News » Fighting outside Tiger HQ in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO–Helicopter gunships attacked Tamil Tiger rebel positions in northern Sri Lanka as ground troops on Sunday moved closer to the rebels' political capital from three fronts, the defense ministry said. [Link]
