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                    [Title] => Dalai Lama calls action on climate a 'human responsibility'
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The Dalai Lama on yesterday urged strong global action to limit global warming and to protect fragile environments, including the Himalayan glaciers and Tibetan plateau.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-20 14:13:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1439889 [AuthorName] => Katy Daigle [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1493607 [Title] => Exhausted migrants scuffle at Greek-Macedonian border [Summary] =>

Scuffles and limited fights broke out Friday among more than 1,000 people at Greece's northern border with Macedonia as exhausted, thirsty migrants jostled to get into position to cross.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-28 11:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150829/Migrants-Refugees-Greece.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 918149 [Title] => CNO exports up 44% in February [Summary] =>

Exports of coconut oil (CNO) went up 44 percent to 61,800 metric tons (MT) in February from 42,854 MT a year ago due to higher copra production and strong demand from traditional markets, the United Coconut Association of the Philippines (UCAP) said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 629618 [Title] => Saudi Arabia blocks Facebook over moral concerns [Summary] =>

An official with Saudi Arabia's communications authority says it has blocked Facebook because the popular social networking website doesn't conform with the kingdom's conservative values.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-13 22:42:44 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 627463 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Middling [Summary] =>

Close on the heels of the country’s slide in the latest Doing Business Report comes the 2010 Human Development Index.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/3497/startoonthumb.gif ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 590834 [Title] => GIR hits new record high of $48.4 billion in June [Summary] =>

The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) rose to a record $48.4 billion at end-June from the revised $47.7 billion in May, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1502 [Title] => Asia migrant workers need more state help to curb AIDS, activists say [Summary] =>

KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - The spread of AIDS is threatening millions of migrant workers in Asia who lack sufficient access to health services, regional activists said.

"For a comprehensive approach to contain HIV/AIDS, the health of not only local populations but also migrant communities needs to be addressed," CARAM Asia, a Malaysian-based coalition of migrant and health groups from 15 countries, said in an open letter to Asian governments late Monday.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-22 15:25:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247255 [Title] => RP trails Asian neighbors in IMF’s 2004 World Economic Outlook [Summary] => The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said emerging Asia has become the engine of world growth even as the Philippines is expected to trail behind its neighbors.

According to the IMF, there is a need for the Philippines to "act forcefully and without delay" to increase tax revenue and improve business environment.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 132051 [Title] => STI to hike capital to P1B for expansion [Summary] => The STI school chain will increase its capital base to P1 billion within the year as it gears up for a major expansion program within the next three to five years, its president and CEO Chito Salazar said.

In a briefing with reporters, Salazar said the additional fund infusion "will enable us to strengthen our existing school network, provide the IT backbone for other key strategic initiatives and build up operations for global expansion."
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90926 [Title] => 8,000 foreigners from Muslim states overstaying in Mindanao [Summary] => Some 8,000 foreigners from Muslim nations are allegedly overstaying in Mindanao, leading the government to believe that they were supporting local groups wanting to establish a separate Islamic state in the country’s southern region.

Immigration records obtained by The STAR revealed that the 8,000 were remnants of the 14,000 Muslim tourists who went to Mindanao from January last year to May this year.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1202457 [AuthorName] => by Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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