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Palace justifies Comelec's intel funds

Philippine Star - ‎2 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. sought intelligence funds for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for use in the last election and President Aquino granted it based on the General Appropriations Act of 2013, Malacañang said yesterday.

P-Noy begins pitch for 'Big Man' Frank

Philippine Star - ‎2 hours ago‎
Photo taken in June 2012 shows President Aquino with Sen. Franklin Drilon during the closing ceremony of the 1st Philippine River Summit in Jaro, Iloilo City.

Anti-cybercrime law changes set

BusinessWorld Online Edition - ‎1 hour ago‎
CHANGES WILL be introduced during the next Congress to the suspended Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 in a bid to address controversial provisions including libel, officials said yesterday.
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Blood on his hands and hatred inside: London terror suspect 'became obsessed ...

Daily Mail - ‎9 minutes ago‎
Two men who murdered a soldier in London with machetes, were known to security services, it was revealed on Thursday. The British citizen suspected of executing the soldier in the terror attack was brought up as a Christian but became 'obsessed' with ...
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Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest - for now

New Zealand Herald - ‎18 minutes ago‎
A team of climbers led by 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura stand on the summit of Mount Everest. Photo / AP. An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation has become the oldest conqueror of Mount ...

Cayetano asks SC to lift TRO on RH Law

Philippine Star - ‎2 hours ago‎
Supporters of the Reproductive Health Law stage a protest in front of the Supreme Court yesterday. EDD GUMBAN. MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Pia Cayetano asked the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to allow the implementation of the controversial ...

PSG won't stand in way of probe of 2 suspects in QC robbery–Palace

Cebu Daily News - ‎2 hours ago‎
FAIRVIEW police station chief Supt. Eleazar Matta looks at a Taser gun seized from two robbery suspects who later turned out to be members of the Presidential Security Group.
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Malaysia arrests opposition figures

Aljazeera.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Malaysian police have arrested three opposition politicians and activists and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after a divisive election that sparked a series of protests.

Contraceptive access improves women's chances in education, work: Jill Sheffield

Times of India - ‎55 minutes ago‎
The 1,000-day countdown to the United Nations' 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) began on April 5. At the end of May, Women Deliver, a Washington-based advocacy group working to reduce maternal mortality and ensure young girls' ...
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20 killed in Niger; hostages seized

Oman Daily Observer - ‎37 minutes ago‎
NIAMEY - Twin car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger yesterday killed at least 20 people and attackers took several trainee officers hostage in the west African state.

Launch of the One Campaign 2013 Data Report, Financing the Fight for Africa's ...

AllAfrica.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
Many African nations are booming, and despite high population growth, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has declined by 16% over the last decade.

Peso may strengthen further to 37.50:$1

Inquirer.net - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Philippine peso is expected to appreciate further and may hit 37.50 against the US dollar within the next 12 months, according to Goldman Sachs, citing the likelihood of a surge in foreign portfolio investments.
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Megaworld continues expansion in Makati

Inquirer.net - ‎1 hour ago‎
Megaworld Corp., the flagship property developer of tycoon Andrew Tan, is expanding its footprint in the Makati central business district (CBD) on expectations that demand for upscale residential projects will remain robust.

SMC to spend $750M for 3 cement plants

Inquirer.net
1 hour ago
Written by
Paolo Montecillo
San Miguel Corp. plans to spend $750 million to build three new cement plants to boost production in the country and support growth of the infrastructure sector.
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Can Microsoft's Kinect finally deliver for gamers?

CNNMoney - ‎1 hour ago‎
Microsoft touted its new Kinect for the Xbox One. But there still aren't any great games that take advantage of the hardware. REDMOND, Wash.
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Google Starts Using Computer Vision To Let You Search Your Google+ Photos

TechCrunch
22 minutes ago
Written by
Frederic Lardinois
Google almost completely revamped the Google+ photo experience last week, but somehow the company didn't get around to announce one of the coolest photo-related features in its repertoire yet: Google now uses computer vision and machine learning to ...
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Another Setback for Facebook Home

Wall Street Journal (blog)
33 minutes ago
Written by
Evelyn Rusli
Facebook isn't having a great week on mobile with its new Android-based application, Home. In response to media reports that carriers in Europe were delaying the release of HTC First - the first phone designed specifically for Facebook's new Home ...
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Twitter's Two-Factor Authentication Can't Stop Account Hijackings

PC Magazine - ‎1 hour ago‎
Twitter is finally addressing thorny problem of account hijackings by rolling out two-factor authentication for all users. While a necessary first step, this is not sufficient to foil all the hijackers.

Paragua takes solo lead as Sadorra errs

Philippine Star - ‎2 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - Mark Paragua kept his mastery over fellow Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra as he essayed an emphatic 31-move victory to wrest the solo lead in the fifth round of the $100,000 Asian Continental Chess Championships dubbed the ...

Lady Eagles claw NU Bulldogs in Game One

Philippine Star - ‎2 hours ago‎
Lady Eagles Jen Bualee, Fille Cainglet, Rachel Daquis and Jem Ferrer celebrate their victory over the NU Lady Bulldogs in Game 1 of their title series in the Shakeys V-League.

Alaska Aces enjoy 14th PBA title

ABS CBN News - ‎3 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - The Alaska Aces were supposed to still be in the middle of their rebuilding process after parting ways with longtime champion coach Tim Cone two years ago and franchise player LA Tenorio.
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Pagara on Herrera: You will see a KO

ABS CBN News - ‎5 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - Jason “El Nino” Pagara brushed aside Aaron Herrera's impression of him, claiming that the Mexican will go down at the main event of Pinoy Pride XX.

Malditas absorb 1-0 loss from Thai foes

ABS CBN News - ‎1 hour ago‎
MANILA - The Philippine national women's football team or the “Malditas” suffered a 0-1 loss in their game against Thailand in the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers.
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Manila, gates of hell? MMDA fumes

Philippine Star - ‎2 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino yesterday joined the bandwagon of critics slamming Dan Brown for his latest novel “Inferno,” in which the author describes Manila as the “gates of hell.

'Project Runway' judge in Manila for PH Fashion week

ABS CBN News - ‎3 hours ago‎
MANILA --Celebrated fashion authority Nina Garcia is in Manila to grace this year's Philippine Fashion week. The "Project Runway" judge said she is very excited to see what young Filipino designers have to offer.
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Dan Brown's 'Inferno' brings back Robert Langdon in a fast and furious race

Plain Dealer - ‎1 hour ago‎
Here we go again. All the trademarks that define a Dan Brown novel -- the exotic locals, the secret passages, the italicized sentence fragments giving weight to mundane thoughts ("Where did he go?
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NASA Attempting To Make Space Pizza

KCET - ‎56 minutes ago‎
When a new technology is introduced, it takes awhile for it to reach its full potential. Something like chewing gum, created roughly 5,000 years ago, didn't really find its true way until the last few decades.
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Astronomers catch two giant galaxies merging with Europe's Herschel space ...

The Verge - ‎1 hour ago‎
The European Space Agency's giant space telescope Herschel ran out of fuel last month and stopped working, as scientists had been expecting.
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Stigmatization still hampering HIV/AIDs fight

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - ‎May 21, 2013‎
In most African countries, stigmatization is still a big challenge in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This, the Co-ordinator, Society of Aids in Africa, Luc Bodea attributes, largely to ignorance about the disease.
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KSA: Coronavirus patent complicating diagnosis

Arab News - ‎5 minutes ago‎
Delegates are seen behind a screen during a meeting with the delegation from Saudi Arabia on the coronavirus situation on May 23, 2013 on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
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