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Philippines-The House of Representatives will begin its inquiry Tuesday on the alleged bribery try on Justice and drug enforcement officials to dismiss the drug cases of three suspects from well-off families. The hearing, to be conducted by the committee on...

Landslides, while common in Guatemala, more normally occur during the rainy season between June and November. Part of a mountain has collapsed onto a road in northern Guatemala, leaving at least 22 people dead. Guatemalan vice-president,is in touch with rescuers,...

Sydney with some suffering gunshot and stab wounds, police say. Police were called to reports at midnight of a fight involving some up to 100 people who had gathered in MacBeth Way at Rosemeadow near Campbelltown.   "Upon arrival police located...

Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications Tetsushi Sakamoto on Tuesday retracted his controversial remarks that questioned whether unemployed people who took shelter in a Tokyo park over the New Year period really possess the will to work.      Referring to...

The bold demands from Yoshimi Watanabe, former state minister for administrative reform, reflect increasingly open dissatisfaction within the ruling LDP with the prime minister, who has already seen his support ratings plunge to levels that proved politically fatal to previous...

Resuming formal peace negotiations with Moro rebels and firming up the country's defenses against the global financial turmoil top the agenda of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's first Cabinet meeting for the new year...But Cabinet Secretary Silvestre Bello said on Monday all...

Chief executive Wal King said that by December 31, 2008, the value of listed investments had fallen by another $200 million since September 30, 2008 as a result of the global financial crisis. "The performance of the group operating companies...

Goodman Property Trust says it has completed a debt refinancing programme, which has lowered its forecast payout to investors, renewing over $900 million of funding facilities. The Trust said it had now renewed all of its main debt facility, with...

Middlemore Hospital says one adult is in the emergency department while the other is in a stable condition in the burns unit. Two other members of the family of ten were in a sleepout when the fire broke out shortly...