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Millions of moths mass on Madrid

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Millions of moths have engulfed Madrid in a population explosion blamed on spring rains, a sudden blast of summer heat and winds that have wafted them in as unwelcome guests to the Spanish capital.

Posted: June 18th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Student enrolls–using 41 names

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Incoming high school senior Ratziel is enrolling this week at Urdaneta City National High School in Pangasinan, and he will have to write down his full name. It consists of 40 first names—plus a surname.

Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Regions | Read More »

Hungarian drives to hospital holding sawn-off arm

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A Hungarian man who sawed off one of his arms by accident below the elbow managed to drive 15 kilometers (10 miles) to hospital in Austria clutching the severed limb, police said Sunday.

Posted: May 12th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Indonesian policewomen wow protesters with Gangnam Style

Indonesian policewomen break out into a "Gangnam Style" dance performance while securing a Labor Day rally in front of the city hall of Surabaya in East Java province on May 1, 2013.  AFP/JUNI KRISWANTO

A group of policewomen took an unusual approach to crowd control at a May Day protest in Indonesia Wednesday, breaking into a performance of “Gangnam Style” to keep demonstrators happy.

Posted: May 2nd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Peru asks for recall of Ecuadorian envoy who figured in supermarket fight

Ambassador Rodrigo Riofrio  PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK.COM

Even ambassadors, it turns out, are turf-conscious when it comes to waiting in the supermarket checkout line.

Posted: May 1st, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

‘Von Boyage, Von Voyage…’ Happy Trip ‘na lang’

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How do you say “best wishes” to a departing traveler? After an uproar on social media, airport authorities scrambled to correct a funny—or embarrassing—greeting recently flashed on a LED display at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 1, which left spectators either amused or mortified.

Posted: April 28th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Headlines,Nation | Read More »

Patient takes wheel of ambulance to save driver

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A late-stage cancer patient has saved the life of an ambulance driver who suffered a heart attack, by taking the wheel of his vehicle and driving him to hospital, French medical officials said.

Posted: April 18th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Italian man catches a thief, then gives him a job

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The caretaker of a housing complex near Florence in Italy used a knife to scare off a thief trying to steal copper wiring and called in the police to arrest him.

Posted: April 11th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Mystery over charred corpse hung from Paris rail line

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French police were left baffled Wednesday following the discovery of a charred corpse hanging from a railway cable above tracks in Paris.

Posted: March 27th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Italian journalist says new pope called her first

Pope Francis. AP FILE PHOTO

Just hours after his dramatic election as leader of the Catholic world, an Italian journalist in Rome said the first thing Pope Francis did was to call her up for a friendly chat.

Posted: March 15th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

No he couldn’t: Obama half brother fails to win Kenya seat

Malik Obama. AP

His half brother may be the most powerful man in the world but that stardust seemed not to rub off on Malik Obama as he failed miserably to win a county gubernatorial seat in Kenya’s recently concluded polls.

Posted: March 11th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

Two camels missing in central France

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Two circus camels, Simbas and Judas, disappeared in the middle of the night in central France and are still missing two days later, the director of the circus said Monday.

Posted: January 22nd, 2013 in Latest News Stories,World | Read More »

‘Executive Secretary Paquito Diaz’

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guyito

Paquito Ochoa, the executive secretary, is a far cry from Paquito Diaz, the late movie actor.

Posted: January 18th, 2013 in Latest News Stories,Nation | Read More »

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