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...Responsibility for the attack was immediately claimed by representatives of Abu Sayyaf, a group of Islamic separatists chiefly known for kidnapping for ransom in the southern Philippines. But just as rapidly, officials in Manila scoffed off the claim; President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo dismissed it as coming from "pranksters." Despite promises of a swift investigation into the attack, concrete conclusions about the cause of the explosion have yet to appear...
...Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo wants the M.I.L.F. at ease permanently. She has spent the past three-and-a-half years trying to get a peace accord with the group, going so far as to persuade Washington to keep the M.I.L.F. off its list of terrorist organizations. Murad is now the man her government must deal with, and he says he's "hopeful but not too optimistic." He wants the government to adopt "a new formula" that will break the cycle of failed negotiations and mutual distrust between the two sides. A similar peace accord with the oldest Islamic separatist...
...Please, all the men in the country, so that I won't be rude to you, do not attempt to kiss me." GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Philippines, addressing affectionate male citizens who often greet her with kisses on both cheeks...
...commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue has battled tax cheats and rampant corruption, trying to fix a dysfunctional tax system that is so full of holes the country's solvency is threatened. Tired of fighting a losing battle, Parayno finally gave up in late July: he called President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and resigned. "There are still many leakages that have to be plugged," he told Arroyo. "I worry that I won't be able to respond to the expectations of me." But the tough-minded President, who had just been re-elected to a new, six-year term, wasn...
...DIED. GLORIA EMERSON, 75, Vietnam reporter for the New York Times and author of Winners & Losers, an award-winning memoir of the war; an apparent suicide; in New York City. One of the few female journalists to cover the war, Emerson later said she went to Vietnam because "they ran out of men." She focused on personal stories of the war, including tales of soldiers dying, which affected her deeply. "It all becomes normal, the other correspondents, men, would say. In time you'll see," she wrote. "They lied." Suffering from Parkinson's disease, she left behind a self-penned...