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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178233 [Title] => Malaysian gets Drilon treatment in LA [Summary] => KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Malaysia accused the United States of "anti-Muslim hysteria" yesterday after it was revealed the deputy prime minister had to remove his shoes for a security check on arrival in Los Angeles, California.
"Of course Im upset Im not a thief, Im not a terrorist," Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told reporters in response to a question about the US having placed Malaysia on a list of 15 states regarded as "terrorist-risk" countries.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 150077 [Title] => Malaysian terror suspects RP contacts on Interpol list [Summary] => Immigration authorities have uncovered a large terrorist operation that uses Manila as a jumping board to other countries in Southeast Asia.
The discovery was made during a tactical interrogation of a suspected Malaysian terrorist arrested on Friday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) while he was about to board a Kuwaiti Airlines plane bound for Kuwait via Bangkok, Thailand.
Investigation showed that some of the contacts in the Philippines given by the suspect, Azmi bin Salleh, 36, were on the International Police (Interpol)s list of terrorists.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1681404 [AuthorName] => Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 143334 [Title] => Kuala Lumpur may grant Misuari safe passage to third country [Summary] => KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may reverse an earlier decision to detain fugitive rebel leader Nur Misuari and grant him safe passage to a third country if Manila does not take him back soon, a senior Malaysian official said yesterday.
"It is a possibility that we will discuss thoroughly," Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was quoted as saying yesterday by New Straits Times newspaper.
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The chief of the Philippine National Police, Director General Panfilo Lacson, and Armed Forces chief Gen. Angelo Reyes left for Hawaii last Monday for a meeting of the RP-US Mutual Defense Board. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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