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Shortly after he and his son were peacefully and very publicly arrested on charges of "economic plunder" and carted off to a jail in a Manila military compound, Joseph Estrada, the disgraced ex-President of the Philippines, proclaimed his innocence on television and radio interviews and dismissed his persecution as a conspiracy being waged against him by the ?lite classes. It was potentially rousing material, but the former movie star's delivery failed him. He was still wearing his trademark white wristband adorned with the presidential seal, but his swagger was gone. He looked defeated and confused...
...bring Estrada back to power. Enrile's crowds are far smaller than the 700,000 people who poured out in January to get rid of Estrada. Nonetheless, it's a dramatic gesture of sympathy for the first Philippine President to be tossed in a jail cell. One certainty: when Joseph Estrada stars at his own trial, it's bound to be a ratings...
...Staff writer Joseph P. Flood can be reached at flood@fas.harvard.edu...
...Joseph B. Martin, dean of HMS, said in a press release that a main purpose of research into non-traditional therapies is to determine which treatments are effective-and which have risks associated with them...
Protests over the arrest of former President Joseph Estrada on corruption charges appear to have plunged the Philippines into a political crisis. Demonstrators are engaged in fierce clashes with the authorities, and President Gloria Arroyo is arresting opposition politicians, saying she's putting down some sort of attempt to seize power. What's happening in Manila right...