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Positioning the Philippines for eventual war?


                                 

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                                                                        By Satur C. Ocampo
                                     | January 22, 2016 - 9:00am                                 

                              


                              
Two months ago, as the Supreme Court deliberated on the two petitions urging it to declare the Phl-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement unconstitutional, I wrote about former US Senator Mike Gravel’s warning,...

                           


      

         

            
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                                 Even with Iran-Saudi tension, supply dictates price of oil
                              


                              

                                                                  By David Koenig |
                                 January 6, 2016 - 12:31pm                              


                                                            
A persistent glut of oil is trumping Middle Eastern tension, extending the slump in oil markets into the new year.


                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 Polluted nuclear weapons site to become tourist destination
                              


                              

                                                                  By Nicholas K. Geranios |
                                 December 20, 2015 - 2:51pm                              


                                                            
Thousands of people are expected next year to tour the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, home of the world's first full-sized nuclear reactor, near Richland, about 200 miles east of Seattle in south-central Washingt...

                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 Average gas price soon under $2, lowest since recession
                              


                              

                                                                  By David Koenig |
                                 December 12, 2015 - 5:00pm                              


                                                            
Gasoline is close to breaking below a key psychological barrier as drivers enjoy some of the cheapest pump prices since the recession.


                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 Debate resumes in Las Vegas about Nevada nuclear dump idea
                              


                              

                                                                  By Ken Ritter |
                                 September 16, 2015 - 12:32pm                              


                                                            
The debate resumed Tuesday in Nevada about the possibility of radioactive contamination of the underground water supply from a proposed national nuclear waste repository in the desert near where nuclear weapons tests...

                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 Asian stocks rise amid China holiday, get Wall Street perk
                              


                                                         


                           

                              
                              
Asian stocks rise amid China holiday, get Wall Street perk


                              

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Asian stocks rose Thursday after Wall Street rebounded from a sharp sell-off and as a holiday in China gave investors a break...

                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 Asian shares fall on bleak China manufacturing data
                              


                                                         


                           

                              
                              
Asian shares fall on bleak China manufacturing data


                              

                                                                  By Elaine Kurtenbach |
                                 Over a year ago                              


                                                            
Asian shares fell Tuesday as gloomy manufacturing data from China and weak investment figures in Japan augured further uncertainty...

                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 US crude slips below $40/bbl
                              


                              

                                 August 22, 2015 - 10:00am                              


                                                            
A barrel of US crude oil fell below $40 per barrel for the first time since the end of the global economic crisis.


                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 Chronic shortages:  Been here and done nothing?
                              


                              

                                                                  By Fidel O. Abalos |
                                 August 16, 2015 - 10:00am                              


                                                            
Unavoidably, as we try to keep ourselves posted on what’s obtaining currently, we shall surely bump into a lot of unpalatable discourses and developments.


                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 Philippines suspends oil, gas exploration in disputed waters
                              


                              

                                 March 4, 2015 - 5:08am                              


                                                            
The Philippine government has ordered the suspension of all exploration at an offshore oil and gas field because of an ongoing territorial dispute with China, a Filipino-British company said.


                                                         


      

         

            
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