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Sudden volcano eruption kills 5 climbers

Last updated Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 9:21am

MANILA, Philippines -- One of the Philippines' most active volcanoes rumbled to life Tuesday, spewing room-sized rocks toward nearly 30 surprised climbers, killing five and injuring others that had to be fetched with rescue helicopters and rope.

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A Filipino resident,right bottom, drinks from a broken hose as others salvage belongings after a fire hit a slum area in suburban San Juan, east of Manila, Philippines on Christmas day Tuesday Dec. 25, 2012. Fire Officer 2 Noel Binwag said about 2,000 families were left homeless during the fire. Six people also died when a row of apartments went up in flames in a separate fire in suburan Quezon city. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Violence erupts as blaze ravages shantytown

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 10:41am

MANILA, Philippines — Angry residents beat a man to death and threw rocks at firefighters after a shantytown fire left thousands of people homeless, and another Christmas Day blaze in the Philippine capital left seven people dead, officials said Wednesday.

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Residents pass by bodies recovered from flashflood in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012. The death toll from Typhoon Bhopa climbed to more than 100 people Wednesday, while scores of others remain missing in the worst-hit areas of the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Karlos Manlupig)

Death toll from Philippine typhoon nears 300

Bullit Marquez The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 11:17am

NEW BATAAN, Philippines — Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides Wednesday, a day after a powerful typhoon killed nearly 300 people in the southern Philippines.

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Residents prepare to assess their house which was damaged by Typhoon Bopha in Butuan city in southeastern Philippines Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. A Philippine governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have drowned when torrents of water dumped by the powerful typhoon rushed down a mountain, engulfing the victims and bringing the death toll from the storm to about 40. (AP Photo/Erwin Mascarinas)

33 dead as typhoon hits Northern Philippines

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 10:42am

MANILA, Philippines -- A Philippine governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have drowned when torrents of water dumped by a powerful typhoon rushed down a mountain, engulfing the victims and bringing the death toll from the storm to about 40.

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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman finally meets father

Oliver Teves The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 2:44pm

MANILA, Philippines — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has finally met his estranged father after 42 years of separation, following an exhibition game in the Philippines.

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FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 file photo, a Philippine National Police officer stands next to a giant saltwater crocodile which was captured by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan town, Agusan Del Sur province, southern Philippines. Guinness World Records has declared Sunday, July 1, 2012 that the huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks is the largest in captivity in the world. Guinness spokeswoman Anne-Lise Rouse says the saltwater crocodile nicknamed "Lolong" measured 6.17 meters (20.24 feet) and weighed more than a ton. (AP Photo/File)

Wolrd's largest croc captured alive

Jim Gomez The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 2, 2012 - 9:32am

MANILA, Philippines — Guinness World Records has declared that a huge crocodile blamed for deadly attacks in the southern Philippines is the largest in captivity in the world. The giant reptile has brought pride, fear, tourism revenues and attention to the remote town where it was captured.

The saltwater crocodile named Lolong, which was captured last September in Bunawan town in Agusan del Sur province, measures 20.24 feet (6.17 meters) and weighs more than a ton, Guinness spokeswoman Anne-Lise Rouse said in a statement seen Sunday. The reptile took the top spot from an Australian crocodile which measured more than 17 feet (5 meters) and weighed nearly a ton.

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Residents walk past a wall covered with a tarpaulin poster of the ongoing 45th Annual Board of Governors meeting of the Asian Development Bank at suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines, Thursday May 3, 2012. Delegates attending the international conference of the ADB in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty. The makeshift, temporary wall on both sides of the bridge from the airport to downtown Manila, hides a sprawling slum along a garbage-strewn creek in the background. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippines erects wall to obscure view of slums

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Last updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 11:47am

MANILA, Philippines -- Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty.

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Another cruise ship suffers mishap

Oliver Teves The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 8:05am

MANILA, Philippines — A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board that was disabled by a fire and was drifting in southern Philippine waters has been repaired and is headed toward Malaysia, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday.

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In this photo released by the Office of the Vice-President in Manila, residents check their damaged house at Guihulngan, Negros Oriental province in central Philippines Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the province and at least four other central provinces killing at least 15 people and damaging homes and infrastructures. Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by the strong earthquake Monday that shook central Philippines and set off landslide. (AP Photo/Office of the Vice-President)

Rescuers continue search for missing in deadly Phillipines quake

Girlie Linao Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 2:29pm

MANILA, Philippines -- Rescuers dug through debris and mud in the central Philippines Tuesday in search of nearly 100 missing a day after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed houses and killed at least 48 people.

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Residents rush to higher grounds following tsunami rumors due to a magnitude 6.9 earthquake which hit the island province of Cebu and other central Philippine provinces Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Authorities said, over a dozen people were killed with rescuers digging with picks and shovels in trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by the strong earthquake Monday. (AP Photo)

Rescuers dig to reach trapped in Philippines quake

Jim Gomez, Teresa Cerojano The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 10:32am

MANILA, Philippines -- Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides.

At least 13 people were killed and 40 are believed missing, most of them along the shore near the epicenter of the 6.9-magnitude quake that struck in a narrow strait just off Negros Island.

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FILE- In this Wednesday, June 8, 2011, file photo, David Archuleta poses for a photo as he arrives at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. "American Idol" runner-up Archuleta says he's "excited" about working on a Philippine TV series. His Filipino co-stars Jasmine Curtis-Smith and Eula Caballero welcomed him with flower garlands at Manila's airport Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. They'll be shooting the TV5 drama the next few weeks. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)

Archuleta 'excited' to shoot Philippine TV series

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Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 11:07am

MANILA, Philippines -- "American Idol" runner-up David Archuleta, who grew up in Murray, Utah, said he's "excited" about working on a Philippine TV series.

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Death toll in Philippine floods rises to 436

Oliver Teves The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 10:00am

MANILA, Philippines -- Pounding rain from a tropical storm swelled rivers and sent walls of water crushing into two southern Philippine cities in the thick of night, killing at least 436 people, many caught in their beds, officials said Saturday.

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AP Exclusive: Beckham visits abused kids in Manila

Oliver Teves The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 2:39pm

MANILA, Philippines -- Away from fans' prying eyes, David Beckham took time out from soccer to share his experiences and listen to Filipino children struggling to rebuild their broken lives.

"It's so important to have a dream," Beckham told the former street children Friday at a UNICEF-supported shelter in a suburb of Manila, the Philippine capital where he and his teammates from the Los Angeles Galaxy are playing an exhibition against the country's national team this weekend.

On the sidelines of the Galaxy's Manila trip, Beckham, who is also a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, visited the shelter for children who have been rescued from the streets. They shared tales of domestic abuse and crime -- some fell victim to drugs or were abandoned by their parents.

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People brave strong winds and rain as typhoon Nesat hits Haikou in south China's Hainan province, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. The powerful typhoon slammed into southern China on Thursday after skirting Hong Kong and bringing death and widespread flooding to the Philippines earlier this week. (AP Photo)

Powerful typhoon arrives in China after hitting Philippines

Kelvin Chan The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 9:04am

HONG KONG -- A powerful typhoon slammed into southern China on Thursday after skirting Hong Kong and bringing death and widespread flooding to the Philippines earlier this week.

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After 13 die in Philippines, typhoon aims at China

Bullit Marquez, The Associated Press ahowell

Last updated Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 5:03pm

CAUAYAN, Philippines -- A super typhoon that killed 13 people and flattened forests and crops in the northern Philippines dumped heavy rains on the capital Tuesday as it headed across the sea toward southern China.

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