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MANILA - The military has advised its pilots conducting surveillance in the West Philippine Sea to exercise maximum restraint even if they are being bullied by Chinese troops. Armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Joselito Kakilala said all actions of the pilots should be consistent with the declaration of conduct signed by claimant countries. |
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The condemned men’s trial lawyer, Muhammad Rifan, alleges the Denpasar District Court judges who sentenced Chan and Sukumaran sought more than one billion rupiah ($133,000) to spare them the death penalty in 2006. Indonesian political figures allegedly instructed the judges to hand down death.... |
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop spoke to her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi on Sunday evening while Prime Minister Tony Abbott has written to President Joko Widodo to again plead for the executions to be halted. "Bali Nine" drug traffickers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan could face the firing.... |
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AUSTRALIA has offered $5 million in aid and more than 400 Nepalese-Australians have volunteered to return to help their devastated homeland, where more than 2500 have been killed. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says every effort is being made to confirm reports that an Australian died at the Mount.... |
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Australian leaders on Monday continued to lobby Indonesia to spare the lives of two Australians on death row despite 10 prisoners being given formal notice that they could die within days. The Australians Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, are among 10 drug traffickers facing execution by an Indonesian firing squad. |
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The birth will give the economy a much-needed shot in the arm, with an estimated £60 million to be spent on celebrations and souvenirs, from teapots (right) to dummies and potties. C is for CHRISTENING. This will be so exclusive it’ll make the Chiltern Firehouse look like the Croydon branch of KFC. |
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LONDON - As world leaders and global charities tried to grasp the scope of an earthquake that devastated Nepal, they offered condolences for the nearly 1,400 people killed and readied emergency aid for the survivors. Mountaineering groups struggled to check on climbers, and Nepalese abroad did their best to reach families in the stricken area. |
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Longtime El Paso Times writer and columnist Ramón Rentería is set to retire. Here are his all-time favorite columns. 10: Why waste life thinking about death? A co-worker dreamed the other night that I had died. So I stayed off the freeway that evening, drove a little slower and made sure no one was going to T-bone me at the intersections. |
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AFP’s Kathmandu bureau chief Ammu Kannampilly said improved weather conditions overnight allowed helicopters to gain access to the Mount Everest base camp. “People being stretchered out as choppers land - half a dozen this morning,” Kannampilly said in a text message. |
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Crowds joined a rally in Rome's Piazza Montecitorio in the aftermath of a shipwreck that caused the deaths of hundreds of migrants, calling for a change in immigration policies and the right to freedom of movement in Europe. Photo by Stefano Montesi. Copyright Demotix.
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As world leaders and global charities try to grasp the scope of an earthquake that devastated parts of tiny, mountainous Nepal, they are preparing emergency aid for the survivors but worrying how to make sure it gets there. With Internet and cellphone communications spotty and many damaged roads.... |
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