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Miss Canada Natalie Glebova is Miss Universe

 

 

 

 

 

AP Headlines

Bush Shrugs Off Setbacks, Vows Agenda Push  
President Bush, faced with a string of setbacks on Capitol Hill, shrugged off questions about his political clout and promised Tuesday to keep pushing the Republican-led Congress for a Social Security overhaul.

Kidnapped Governor in Iraq Found Dead  
The kidnapped governor of volatile Anbar province was found dead after a fierce battle between U.S. forces and foreign fighters.

Ex-FBI Official Says He Was 'Deep Throat'  
One of the most enduring mysteries in American politics and journalism may have been solved with word Tuesday that former FBI official W. Mark Felt claims to be Deep Throat, the source for the Washington Post stories that helped bring down President Richard Nixon.

Court Overturns Arthur Andersen Conviction  
The Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents, ruling unanimously Tuesday that the jury instructions were too broad.

United Airlines, Union Announce Agreement  
United Airlines and its machinists' union announced an agreement in principle on a contract Tuesday, narrowly heading off the need for a bankruptcy judge's ruling that could have triggered a strike.

AP: Gitmo Detainees Say They Were Sold  
They fed them well. The Pakistani tribesmen slaughtered a sheep in honor of their guests, Arabs and Chinese Muslims famished from fleeing U.S. bombing in the Afghan mountains. But their hosts had ulterior motives: to sell them to the Americans.

Study: Tobacco Cos. Wooed Female Smokers  
Tobacco companies did elaborate research on women to figure out how to hook them on smoking — even toying with the idea of chocolate-flavored cigarettes that would curb appetite, according to a new analysis.

Live Aid Organizers Announce New Shows  
Twenty years after the Live Aid concerts, musical superstars are joining in a five-city spectacular to push a political solution for African poverty.

Stocks End Down on Weak Manufacturing Data  
A surprisingly weak reading on the manufacturing sector sent stocks mostly lower Tuesday as investors feared that the economy has indeed run into a soft patch. The report overshadowed an improvement in consumers' view of economic conditions.

Royals Hire Buddy Bell As Manager  
Buddy Bell, hired as manager of the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, promised no quick turnaround for the team with the worst record in the majors.

Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

Uyon ka ba sa pagtukod sa AFP og beach houses sa Boracay?

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Weather Update

Tail-end of a cold front affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao including Palawan.

Metro Cebu: Partly cloudy to cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 25 to 34°C (77 to 93°F).
 

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Muslims' Fate

MILF chief says Muslims must shape fate
CAMP DARAPANAN, Maguindanao - The leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front says Muslims in Mindanao must decide on the shape of an ancestral homeland as a peace deal nears.
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Jueteng Libel

Salceda sues 'jueteng' whistleblower for libel
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda will file libel charges against self-confessed "jueteng" operator Wilfredo Mayor for dragging him into the numbers racket controversy.
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Jueteng Payolas

Former gambling lord Wilfredo Mayor, right, talks beside Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Cruz as he answers questions from Filipino senators in Manila. The senate opened a probe into allegations that illegal gambling operators have paid huge bribes to government officials, including President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband and son.

Fishers Protest

A policeman grabs a protester by the neck as he tries to stop a group of impoverished fishermen from marching to the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila as they observe National Fisherfolk Day. The protesters claimed that the worsening poverty and hunger among coastal communities nationwide was due to the alleged neglect of the government of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Holocaust Memorial

 

An unidentified youth jumps from one pillar to another at the new Holocaust memorial in Berlin. The memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe, which consists of 2,711 charcoal-grey rectangular pillars, which rise from the ground and form a tight grid through which visitors can wander, opened to the public on Thursday.

Weather Update

 

Frontal system affecting Luzon. Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Visayas, Mindanao and Palawan.

Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy skies with rainshowers and thunderstorms, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 24 to 32°C (75 to 90°F).
 

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Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

Angay bang suspensuhon si Byron Garcia tungod sa laing puga sa CPDRC?

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Giant Chair

 

A Chinese man looks at a giant wooden chair used as an advertisement at a shop in Shanghai.

Weather Update

 

Frontal system affecting Luzon. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao and Western Visayas including Palawan.

Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy skies with rainshowers and thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 25 to 33°C (77 to 91°F).
 

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Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

Uyon ka bang makabotar ang Cebu City sa eleksiyon sa probinsiya?

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Weather Update

 

Tail-end of a cold front affecting Luzon. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao including Palawan.
Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 24 to 34°C (75 to 93°F).
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Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

Kon mag-plebisito karong adlawa, uyon ka ba sa pagtukod sa bag-ong tulo ka probinsiya sa Sugbo?

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Weather Update

Frontal system affecting Extreme Northern Luzon. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao including Palawan.

Metro Cebu: Partly cloudy to cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 24 to 34°C (75 to 93°F).

 
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Weather Update

Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao. Frontal system affecting Northern and Central Luzon.

 
Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the southeast, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 24 to 34°C (75 to 93°F).
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Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

Too ka ba sa pasalig ni Pres. Arroyo nga di mosaka ang presyo sa school supplies hangtod sa pagtapos ning tuiga?

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