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It’s a worst-case scenario, but Philippine seismologists aren’t the only ones who have warned that Metro Manila faces a high risk of being hit by a powerful earthquake.

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The British aid agency Oxfam says millions of dollars are needed urgently to stop a hunger crisis in Niger turning into a catastrophe.

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The World Bank has put up a catastrophe bond which developing countries can tap as insurance and developed countries can invest in.

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Mannequins constructed out of old newspaper dominate the window display. Long-limbed, gangly and a touch eerie, they look like something straight out of a surrealist zombie flick.

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Patay ang deputy chief ng Makati police station matapos na barilin sa ulo ng limang hindi pa naki­kila­lang suspek na nangholdap sa loob ng kanyang van na ipinapasada, kamakalawa ng gabi sa Quezon City.

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