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Yesterday I wrote “The only way out” for what seems an intractable problem: how to achieve peace with Muslims in Mindanao while ensuring the unity of the Philippine nation. It was not intractable, or indeed, a problem beyond solving.

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Patay ang isang barbero makaraang pagbabarilin ng isang nagkunwaring kostumer dahil sa matagal na umanong alitan sa negosyo sa lungsod Quezon, iniulat kahapon.

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Pope Benedict XVI begins a pilgrimage to Spain on Saturday to visit two of Christianity's most spectacular sites, fulfilling a long-held personal wish while pressing his bid to revive the faith in a once-staunchly Catholic country that is now among Europe's most liberal.

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Forensic experts on yesterday began exhuming a mass unmarked grave that could hold the remains of the acclaimed poet Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war.

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Of the three grand tours, the Vuelta is the runt, the poor little brother of the Tour and the Giro. But if you look closely at its inception, you'd understand why.
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Samaranch, 81, arrives tonight in the course of a five-nation swing of Asia. He leaves tomorrow afternoon.
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ROME -- On my first trip to Europe some 28 years ago, I couldn't get over the fact that the maid or cleaning woman in our Geneva youth hostel was a Spanish woman. We called her Doña Margarita and she was the most adorable of women, always smiling and always giving me additional portions of food simply because I came from the Philippines. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1539298 [AuthorName] => Nelson A. navarro [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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Pope Benedict XVI begins a pilgrimage to Spain on Saturday to visit two of Christianity's most spectacular sites, fulfilling a long-held personal wish while pressing his bid to revive the faith in a once-staunchly Catholic country that is now among Europe's most liberal.

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Forensic experts on yesterday began exhuming a mass unmarked grave that could hold the remains of the acclaimed poet Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain's drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war.

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Of the three grand tours, the Vuelta is the runt, the poor little brother of the Tour and the Giro. But if you look closely at its inception, you'd understand why.
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Samaranch, 81, arrives tonight in the course of a five-nation swing of Asia. He leaves tomorrow afternoon.
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