Close to 10,000 job openings to be offered during Independence Day celebration in Dumaguete
June 10, 2009 12:06 pm· Comments Off
By Judy Flores-Partlow
DUMAGUETE CITY, June 10 – All is set for the local celebration of the 111th Independence Day here on Friday with close to 10,000 job openings of various skills and professions up for grabs, according to Labor officials yesterday.
Security men foil kidnapping of trader in Cotabato City
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COTABATO CITY, June 10 – Alert security men foiled the kidnapping of an Indian businessman here before Wednesday dawn.
World Russian, U.S. astronauts complete work in ISS docking bay
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MISSION CONTROL CENTER — Russian International Space Station commander Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt have installed a docking cone in Zvezda module's depressurized docking bay, Russia's Mission Control said on Wednesday.
Georgia could release detained opposition activists
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TBILISI, June 10 — Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze have reached a preliminary agreement on the release of opposition members detained during the course of recent protests in the country.
U.S. consulting with Japan, S. Korea over nuclear deterrence
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WASHINGTON, June 10 — The United States is consulting with Japan and South Korea on its nuclear and other kinds of deterrence in search of a "new approach" to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, a senior Defense Department official said Tuesday.
Aso to unveil Japan's 15% emissions cut target for 2020 below 2005
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TOKYO, June 10 — Prime Minister Taro Aso plans to announce Wednesday evening a national greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 15 percent below 2005 levels for 2020, government sources said.
UNESCO head condemns Iraqi journalist’s killing
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TEHRAN, June 10 — The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom Tuesday condemned the killing of an Iraqi sports journalist late last month, while calling for the release of a media executive kidnapped a few days later in Somalia.
UN-supported Afghan elections hotline proving very popular
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TEHRAN, June 10 — One of the hottest telephone numbers in Afghanistan right now is a toll-free election information hotline set up with help from the United Nations, according to the world body’s mission in the South Asian nation.
Deputy PM vows to bring mosque attackers to justice
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BANGKOK, June 10 – Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Wednesday ordered Army Chief Gen. Anupong Paochinda to find the perpetrators who killed 10 innocent people and wounded 12 others in mosque attack in the southern border province of Narathiwat.
Hamas decides to continue talks with Fatah
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GAZA, June 10 — A senior Hamas official on Wednesday announced that the Islamic movement will not boycott an upcoming round of unity talks with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party, scheduled to take place in Cairo next month.