Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled the pay of sailors passing through pirate-infested international waters
An alleged terrorist leader suspected of plotting the bombing of a Philippine superferry more than four years ago, killing at least 116 people, has arrived in Manila after his arrest in Bahrain, a Philippine justice official said Saturday.
The wreckage of a C-130 cargo plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines Monday night was found Tuesday about two miles (3km) offshore, the Philippines News Agency reported.
Philippine troops, backed by helicopter gunships, regained control of two southern villages from Muslim rebels Monday and pressed ahead with a massive assault to clear 13 others, officials said
Australia's national airline is rattled by a week of nerve-jangling mishaps and doubts about its long-term viability
Australian authorities have asked the country's national airline to check every oxygen bottle in its fleet of Boeing 747s after investigators said an exploding cylinder might have ripped a hole in one of the jumbo jets while it was mid-flight.
Your flight may seem apocalyptic and surreal after the oxygen masks drop but the scariest moments may actually be good signs. Put on your mask and breathe
The official toll from last weekend's typhoon in the Philippines has risen to more than 500 people killed and could go much higher, according to the latest figures from the country's National Disaster Coordinating Council.
Rescuers in the Philippines may bore a hole in a ferry capsized by a deady typhoon in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday
A rescue vessel was expected to reach a stranded ferry with more than 700 people onboard by late Sunday morning (late Saturday night ET), the chief of the Philippines Coast Guard said.
Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled the pay of sailors passing through pirate-infested international waters
An alleged terrorist leader suspected of plotting the bombing of a Philippine superferry more than four years ago, killing at least 116 people, has arrived in Manila after his arrest in Bahrain, a Philippine justice official said Saturday.
The wreckage of a C-130 cargo plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff in the southern Philippines Monday night was found Tuesday about two miles (3km) offshore, the Philippines News Agency reported.
Philippine troops, backed by helicopter gunships, regained control of two southern villages from Muslim rebels Monday and pressed ahead with a massive assault to clear 13 others, officials said
Australia's national airline is rattled by a week of nerve-jangling mishaps and doubts about its long-term viability
Australian authorities have asked the country's national airline to check every oxygen bottle in its fleet of Boeing 747s after investigators said an exploding cylinder might have ripped a hole in one of the jumbo jets while it was mid-flight.
Your flight may seem apocalyptic and surreal after the oxygen masks drop but the scariest moments may actually be good signs. Put on your mask and breathe
The official toll from last weekend's typhoon in the Philippines has risen to more than 500 people killed and could go much higher, according to the latest figures from the country's National Disaster Coordinating Council.
Rescuers in the Philippines may bore a hole in a ferry capsized by a deady typhoon in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday
A rescue vessel was expected to reach a stranded ferry with more than 700 people onboard by late Sunday morning (late Saturday night ET), the chief of the Philippines Coast Guard said.
Binggirl Clemente has worked in environmental advocacy in the Philippines for the past eight years. Today, she leads a project to recycle old billboards into bags backed by local NGO, the Earth Day Network.
After years as a nostalgia act, the 80s band has welcomed an ex-cover singer from the Philippines with open arms
The unsolved kidnapping of a political activist casts doubt on the country's human rights record. Is the military to blame?
A group of impoverished Manila women are taking on church and state for the right to use modern contraceptives
Tobacco companies are targeting the half billion young people in the Asia Pacific region by linking smoking to glamorous and attractive lifestyles, the U.N. World Health Organization said Friday
A man strafed several houses during a shooting spree early Monday in a town south of Manila, killing eight people and wounding six others.
More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments
Foreigners will be permanently banned from receiving kidneys for transplant in the Philippines to prevent the country from becoming a major black market Asian center
Millions of people could face poverty, disease and hunger as a result of climate change, which is expected to hit poor countries the hardest, the World Health Organization warned
Dramatically played out on live television, an opposition politician and rebel military officers surrendered to government forces after taking over a luxury hotel in Manila.
Several military officers defied a deadline to surrender after storming out of their coup trial Thursday, taking over an upscale hotel and demanding that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign.
The blast at the Philippines' legislature appears to have targeted a lawmaker at odds with the Islamic terror group Abu Sayyaf. But with political violence in the Philippines so widespread, its real cause may never be known
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- More than 7,000 miles from home, fans were chanting his name, and Kobe Bryant was loving it.
Strong wind and rains lashed Taiwan as Typhoon Sepat made landfall on Saturday, cutting power supplies to more than 70,000 homes and forcing airlines to delay flights.
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A U.S. aid worker who went hiking Easter Sunday was found dead Wednesday in the northern Philippines, the Peace Corps announced.
Bruce Willis did it, with the aid of a large plastic tube and a set of bellows, in "Twelve Monkeys;" Michael J. Fox did it -- three times -- in the "Back to the Future" series; the crew of the Starship Enterprise can't stop doing it (at least 14 times in television episodes alone); while as the "Terminator" Arnold Schwarzenegger also gave it a go, albeit stark naked.
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French Polynesia remains the undisputed capital of overwater escapes, where $700 is the typical starting price for a hut poised on stilts in a tranquil, aquamarine lagoon. But resorts exist that are both far more affordable than Bora Bora and still within belly-flopping distance of the water.
Twenty-four recently freed Filipino hostages safely arrived home to Manila Saturday after militants held them captive for 25 days in a clandestine jungle camp in Nigeria.
The Philippine government strongly hinted Friday it would approve the payment of ransoms to win the freedom of 26 Filipino hostages missing or kidnapped in Nigeria.
Red Cross officials in Manila revised the death toll from this week's deadly typhoon that struck the Philippines, listing 145 people as dead and 294 as missing.
A futuristic new jet hopes to be the biggest revolution in commercial aircraft design in fifty years. With a radical new shape, its designers believe it will use 25 percent less fuel that today's planes and be no louder than a car driving down your street.
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What's the last purchase you made that you later regretted? "A digital camera. If I had waited a few weeks, I could have gotten a better model."--Anne Torres, Manila, Philippines
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has lifted a weeklong state of emergency imposed after security forces thwarted what a top general said was a plot to overthrow her.
A tense standoff between Philippine marines and riot police ended three hours after it began when the new commander said the marines had agreed to follow the chain of command.
Filipinos on Saturday marked 20 years of freedom from a previous dictator while living under a state of emergency imposed by current President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived Wednesday at the site of the mudslide which is thought to have killed 1,000 people, many of them children.
Heavy rains, deep mud and the threat of a typhoon are hampering rescue and recovery efforts in the southern Philippines nearly two days after a mudslide wiped out a remote village of more than 1,800 people on the island of Leyte
A crowd of people awaiting entrance to a stadium in Manila stampeded Saturday, killing at least 73 people and injuring 322, an official said.
People from all around the world have gathered in Hong Kong to protest against policies of the World Trade Organization. But just what drives these people to make such a big commitment?
The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines capital of Manila said Tuesday it was closing temporarily to the public due to "plausible threat information."
For long-distance business travelers, conquering jet lag is a priority as they need to maximize their performance on the road.
The Philippines government will investigate and prosecute to the fullest five U.S. Marines who are accused of raping a Filipino woman earlier this week, the nation's secretary of foreign affairs said Thursday.
Thirty people were wounded, five seriously, when a bomb exploded Sunday on a ferry in the southern Philippines, a military spokesman said.
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A Filipino citizen taken hostage in Iraq almost eight months ago has been released from captivity, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has said.
CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:
Australian and American citizens have been warned to postpone all but essential travel to the Philippines because of fears of terrorist attacks.
Philippine police have stormed a Manila prison to put down a revolt by members of the al Qaeda-linked Muslim separatist group Abu Sayyaf, killing 22 inmates.
A bomb has exploded at a market packed with Christmas shoppers in the southern Philippines, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 50, according to authorities.
As the confirmed death toll from devastating storms in the Philippines rises to more than 840, rescuers have pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed in mudslides 10 days ago.
Rescuers are battling to reach thousands of people left stranded in the Philippines, where storms have left 1,000 people dead or missing.
The Philippines is bracing for more disastrous weather over the next few days, coming hard on the heels of two earlier deadly storms.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has painted herself as a protector of her people in her first state of the union address since winning elections in May.
The Philippines has laid on a hero's welcome for freed hostage Angelo dela Cruz who returned to Manila on Thursday.
A Filipino truck driver who was taken hostage in Iraq earlier this month has been freed after Manila fulfilled his kidnappers' demands, Philippine and United Arab Emirates officials said.
The wife of a Filipino hostage freed in Iraq says she is overjoyed by the truck driver's release but will never allow him to return to the Middle East.
A move by the Philippines to begin pulling troops out of Iraq in response to kidnappers' demands has drawn condemnation from the nation's closest allies.
Militants holding a Filipino hostage say they will free him when "the last Filipino leaves Iraq on a date that doesn't go beyond the end of this month," according to a statement read by the Arabic-language news network Al-Jazeera.
The Philippines has begun pulling its troops out of Iraq, a move seemingly being made to satisfy demands by kidnappers of a Filipino hostage.
A building housing the offices of the multinational oil giant Shell was hit by a grenade fired from a government-issued riffle.
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Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo says security forces have foiled a plan to bomb civilian targets in Manila, a terror strike she says that was on the scale of the attacks in Madrid earlier this month.
Andrew McCarthy can admit now that he wasn't exactly in the pink while shooting the movie "Pretty in Pink."
A massive fire roared through a Manila shantytown leaving more than 22,000 residents homeless, a top official said.
Six people are dead after around 50 rebels attacked a power station south of the Philippine capital of Manila with grenade launchers and machine guns.
A Philippine woman who has been under isolation in a Manila hospital on suspicion of having SARS does not have the respiratory virus, according to Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit.
The Chinese government has announced steps to try to prevent another SARS outbreak after confirming the country's first new case of the flu-like disease since July.
A Philippine woman has been isolated in a Manila hospital as a suspected SARS case, Dr. Yolanda Oliveros, spokeswoman for the Department of Health announced.
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For the privilege of working 12-hour shifts seven days a week in a factory where she makes plastic casings for Motorola cellphones, Mary, 30, will be in debt for years to come.
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