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The US team of Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan (ranked # 13) provided the International Badminton Federation (IBF) World Championships held recently for the first time in the U.S.A. with the most unpredictable win of the modern era when they beat legends Sigit Budiarto and Candra Wijaya (ranked # 2). Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia (ranked # 6) added the World Championship title to his list of achievements.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134045 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285672 [AuthorName] => DROP SHOT By Michael Yu [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246081 [Title] => Tawi-Tawi scoured for 3 Abu hostages [Summary] => A joint police and military operation by Philippine and Malaysian naval authorities was launched yesterday in search of three foreigners abducted by Abu Sayyaf gunmen last Sunday.
Philippine Navy officials have confirmed that gunmen belonging to the notorious Abu Sayyaf group carried out the latest kidnapping.
Navy chief Vice Adm. Ernesto de Leon said a certain Commander Lajib led the kidnapping of one Indonesian and two Malaysian seamen last Sunday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226780 [Title] => Govt to MILF: Prove renunciation of terror [Summary] => Malacañang dared the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday to prove to the Filipino people that it had renounced terrorism.
Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said the MILFs action shunning terrorism is an important confidence-building measure for the peace process to resume soon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
"We are counting on the words of MILF leaders renouncing terrorism, and that we also expect that they would substantiate this renunciation with concrete actions to purge terrorists from their ranks and units," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213619 [Title] => KL ready to send peace monitors [Summary] => KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) The Malaysian armed forces are ready to deploy officers to monitor a ceasefire between the Philippines and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
"The armed forces are always ready for whenever the government makes a decision. If the Cabinet approves it, then we must be there. We are always prepared," deputy defense minister Shafie Apdal was quoted as saying by the Bernama news agency.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211653 [Title] => KL to RP: Lift arrest warrant on Salamat [Summary] => Malaysia has called on the Philippines to drop the warrants of arrest keeping Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Hashim Salamat and other MILF leaders from traveling to Kuala Lumpur for the resumption of peace talks. [DatePublished] => 2003-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187327 [Title] => Angelica arrives in Sabah amid aid pledges [Summary] => KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) A Malaysian girl whose alleged rape in a detention center triggered a diplomatic row with the Philippines arrived Monday in eastern Sabah state and was immediately taken to a childrens home, an official said.
The 13-year-old girl, identified only as Angelica, was whisked by car from the airport to the Princess Anne Childrens Home, a government-run orphanage in the state capital Kota Kinabalu, the official said on condition of anonymity.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175048 [Title] => Malaysian envoy blames Pinoys for deportations [Summary] => Malaysias ambassador said yesterday his country should not be blamed for the mass deportations of illegal Filipino workers and that Manila shares responsibility for crowding in Malaysian detention camps holding them.
"Whats going on is rather unfortunate but I stand by what I have said: It is the making of the Philippine people themselves," Malaysian Ambassador Mohamed Taufik told Associated Press Television News.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174008 [Title] => Arroyo sends Ramos to Kuala Lumpur to meet with Mahathir [Summary] => Its time for a good talk between good friends.
Moved by the plight of Filipino deportees from Malaysia, President Arroyo has asked former President Fidel Ramos to fly to Kuala Lumpur and talk with his "personal friend" Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad about the matter.
The President has asked Ramos to act as her "personal emissary" in securing assistance from the Malaysian government in restoring normalcy to the lives of the Filipinos deported from Sabah.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
The US team of Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan (ranked # 13) provided the International Badminton Federation (IBF) World Championships held recently for the first time in the U.S.A. with the most unpredictable win of the modern era when they beat legends Sigit Budiarto and Candra Wijaya (ranked # 2). Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia (ranked # 6) added the World Championship title to his list of achievements.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134045 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285672 [AuthorName] => DROP SHOT By Michael Yu [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246081 [Title] => Tawi-Tawi scoured for 3 Abu hostages [Summary] => A joint police and military operation by Philippine and Malaysian naval authorities was launched yesterday in search of three foreigners abducted by Abu Sayyaf gunmen last Sunday.
Philippine Navy officials have confirmed that gunmen belonging to the notorious Abu Sayyaf group carried out the latest kidnapping.
Navy chief Vice Adm. Ernesto de Leon said a certain Commander Lajib led the kidnapping of one Indonesian and two Malaysian seamen last Sunday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226780 [Title] => Govt to MILF: Prove renunciation of terror [Summary] => Malacañang dared the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday to prove to the Filipino people that it had renounced terrorism.
Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said the MILFs action shunning terrorism is an important confidence-building measure for the peace process to resume soon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
"We are counting on the words of MILF leaders renouncing terrorism, and that we also expect that they would substantiate this renunciation with concrete actions to purge terrorists from their ranks and units," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213619 [Title] => KL ready to send peace monitors [Summary] => KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) The Malaysian armed forces are ready to deploy officers to monitor a ceasefire between the Philippines and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
"The armed forces are always ready for whenever the government makes a decision. If the Cabinet approves it, then we must be there. We are always prepared," deputy defense minister Shafie Apdal was quoted as saying by the Bernama news agency.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211653 [Title] => KL to RP: Lift arrest warrant on Salamat [Summary] => Malaysia has called on the Philippines to drop the warrants of arrest keeping Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Hashim Salamat and other MILF leaders from traveling to Kuala Lumpur for the resumption of peace talks. [DatePublished] => 2003-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 187327 [Title] => Angelica arrives in Sabah amid aid pledges [Summary] => KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) A Malaysian girl whose alleged rape in a detention center triggered a diplomatic row with the Philippines arrived Monday in eastern Sabah state and was immediately taken to a childrens home, an official said.
The 13-year-old girl, identified only as Angelica, was whisked by car from the airport to the Princess Anne Childrens Home, a government-run orphanage in the state capital Kota Kinabalu, the official said on condition of anonymity.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175048 [Title] => Malaysian envoy blames Pinoys for deportations [Summary] => Malaysias ambassador said yesterday his country should not be blamed for the mass deportations of illegal Filipino workers and that Manila shares responsibility for crowding in Malaysian detention camps holding them.
"Whats going on is rather unfortunate but I stand by what I have said: It is the making of the Philippine people themselves," Malaysian Ambassador Mohamed Taufik told Associated Press Television News.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174008 [Title] => Arroyo sends Ramos to Kuala Lumpur to meet with Mahathir [Summary] => Its time for a good talk between good friends.
Moved by the plight of Filipino deportees from Malaysia, President Arroyo has asked former President Fidel Ramos to fly to Kuala Lumpur and talk with his "personal friend" Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad about the matter.
The President has asked Ramos to act as her "personal emissary" in securing assistance from the Malaysian government in restoring normalcy to the lives of the Filipinos deported from Sabah.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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