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EU increases pressure on Greece to secure border

February 2, 2016 - 5:00pm
The European Union has ratcheted up pressure on Greece to start managing its borders properly or face the prospect of measures being imposed from Brussels.
World
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Sharing the gift of hope to refugees

Sharing the gift of hope to refugees

December 22, 2015 - 2:25am
One of the biggest stories that unfolded this year was the plight of refugees from all over the world—people who were...
News Commentary
fbtw

Economic, not military, rivalry for US and China

By AT GROUND LEVEL | By Satur C. Ocampo | November 27, 2015 - 9:00am
No matter the military muscle-flexing both by China and the United States (along with Japan and other US regional allies) in relation to the ongoing maritime dispute in our part of the world, all parties concerned...
Opinion
fbtw
US commander says sailing past Chinese isles not a threat

US commander says sailing past Chinese isles not a threat

November 2, 2015 - 11:42pm
The U.S. Navy's challenge last week to China's sovereignty claims in the South China Sea was not designed as a military threat,...
Headlines
fbtw

Taxing experience

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | October 27, 2015 - 10:00am
Read his lips: there will be no income tax cut under President Aquino.
Opinion
fbtw

Croatia responds to migrant pressure with reception center

September 21, 2015 - 5:09pm
Croatia set up a migrant reception center in the eastern village of Opatovac on yesterday, in hopes of injecting order into the unrelenting chaos that has gripped the tiny Balkan country overwhelmed by thousands...
World
fbtw

‘Close US military bases and save money, lives’

By AT GROUND LEVEL | By Satur C. Ocampo | July 31, 2015 - 10:00am
Now comes a new  and quite reasonable  proposal on what to do with the 700 US military bases overstaying in various countries across the world: Close them all, and save money and lives.
Opinion
fbtw
Special ops troops using flawed intel software

Special ops troops using flawed intel software

By Ken Dilanian | March 27, 2015 - 7:33am
Special operations troops heading to war zones are asking for commercial intelligence analysis software they say will help...
World
fbtw
Obama asks Congress for military force against IS

Obama asks Congress for military force against IS

By David Espo and Nedra Pickler | February 12, 2015 - 2:46am
President Barack Obama asked the US Congress on yesterday to authorize military force to "degrade and defeat" Islamic State...
World
fbtw

US off war footing at year's end, but wars go on

By Robert Burns and Deb Riechmann | December 31, 2014 - 4:22am
Taking America off a permanent war footing is proving harder than President Barack Obama may have suggested.
World
fbtw
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