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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon used a stopover in the Middle East on Monday to urge Saudi Arabia and Iran to compromise and interact responsibly, seeking to calm a flare-up in tensions between the two regional rivals.

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Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman and senatorial aspirant Francis Tolentino urged the government yesterday to ensure the safety of more than two million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East.

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Vice President Jejomar Binay urged yesterday Philippine embassies in the Middle East to prepare and review their contingency plans should tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran escalate.

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Even the escalating tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia, two big oil-producing countries, can't halt the slide in energy prices.

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Syrians on opposite sides of their country's civil war tried again yesterday to find common ground, but a morning session focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged central city failed to produce an agreement, delegates said.

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Syrians on opposite sides of their country's civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, with peace talks focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged city that once more came under mortar attacks from the government.

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Syria's bombardment of its citizens should be declared a war crime and aid groups must be given greater access to the millions suffering there, Turkey's foreign minister told the World Economic Forum.

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The violence in Syria has worsened since a cease-fire deal in April and the bloodshed appears to be taking on dangerous sectarian overtones, the UN said yesterday.

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Oil prices hovered below $98 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid expectations Europe's debt crisis will hurt the continent's economic growth and demand for crude.

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Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman and senatorial aspirant Francis Tolentino urged the government yesterday to ensure the safety of more than two million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East.

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Vice President Jejomar Binay urged yesterday Philippine embassies in the Middle East to prepare and review their contingency plans should tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran escalate.

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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has placed on standby all available air assets for possible emergency evacuation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East amid mounting tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

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Even the escalating tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia, two big oil-producing countries, can't halt the slide in energy prices.

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Syrians on opposite sides of their country's civil war tried again yesterday to find common ground, but a morning session focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged central city failed to produce an agreement, delegates said.

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Syrians on opposite sides of their country's civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, with peace talks focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged city that once more came under mortar attacks from the government.

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Syria's bombardment of its citizens should be declared a war crime and aid groups must be given greater access to the millions suffering there, Turkey's foreign minister told the World Economic Forum.

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The violence in Syria has worsened since a cease-fire deal in April and the bloodshed appears to be taking on dangerous sectarian overtones, the UN said yesterday.

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Oil prices hovered below $98 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid expectations Europe's debt crisis will hurt the continent's economic growth and demand for crude.

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