Davao Oriental’s Sambuokan festival celebration to honor founder
September 29, 2009 9:52 pm· Comments Off
MATI, Davao Oriental, Sept. 30 – The grand staging of this year’s Sambuokan Festival in Mati, this province, will be a fitting tribute to its founder, former Miss Philippines Merced Edith-Nakpil Rabat.
Failure to form "effective global partnership" leads to global crises growing to "critical proportions," says Indonesia
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 30 — Indonesia said Tuesday that because the international community "failed to form an effective global partnership," the pressing challenges "all grew to critical proportions."
Obama says U.S., NATO want to improve relations with Russia
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday both the United States and NATO want to improve relations with Russia, defending its new missile defense system could lead to further collaboration with Russia.
World leaders make progress on climate change, disarmament: UN chief
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 30 — The meetings of world leaders at the General Assembly (GA) over the past week have made progress on major issues including climate change, nuclear disarmament and the global financial crisis with the United Nations playing a pivotal role, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Tuesday.
U.S. to raise concerns on nuclear issue at talks with Iran
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — The U.S. delegation will raise its concerns on Iran's new nuclear facility at multilateral talks with Tehran on Thursday in Geneva, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.
UN chief pushes for women to play greater role in peace building
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 30 — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Security Council to take additional steps to include women in conflict prevention and resolution, according to a report made public here on Tuesday.
At least 14 killed in American Samoa from quake, tsunami: local radio
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — At least 14 people were killed after a strong earthquake struck off the U.S. Pacific island of American Samoa on Tuesday, local radio KSBS-FM reported.
U.S. condemns violence in Guinea
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — The United States on Tuesday condemned recent violence in Guinea between the military troops and opposition demonstrators, urging a return to civilian rule.
Two S. Koreans die in Samoa quake, one girl missing: ministry
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SEOUL, Sept. 30 — Two South Koreans died and one other went missing in American Samoa as it was hit by a powerful earthquake and tidal wave, an official at Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
Japanese gov't adopts policy to ban retired bureaucrats from quasi-gov't jobs
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TOKYO, Sept. 30 — The government adopted a policy on Tuesday to ban retired national civil servants from taking jobs at independent administrative agencies and quasi-governmental corporations in principle.