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President Aquino points to a map of Libya as Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa, Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario and Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz look on. (Photo by Robert Viñas/Malacañang Photo Bureau)

Top diplomat back from Libya as 14,000 Filipinos remain unaccounted for

By Tue, Mar 01, 2011 4:20PM UTC View Comments President Aquino points to a map of Libya as Executive Sec. Paquito Ochoa, Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario and Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz look on. (Photo by Robert Viñas/Malacañang Photo Bureau)

Acting Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Rosario arrived in Manila Tuesday afternoon onboard an Emirates Airlines flight personally overseeing efforts to evacuate Filipino workers from strife-torn Libya. But about 14,000 Filipinos in Libya remain unaccounted for. The Philippines reports that 2,324 Filipino nationals have “safely exited Libya” while 473 Filipinos have been able to return...

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