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Rahul Gandhi: Improper words bury a harsh reality

By Tue, Nov 15, 2011 12:28PM UTC View Comments

Thirty two years ago when I came to India’s capital city and enrolled in Jawaharlal Nehru University, I was advised to pick up a smattering of Punjabi as a survival kit. I soon realized that the advice was indeed sage. Barring inner cities – or urbanized villages – everywhere else that one went, Punjabi was...

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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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