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AFP asks public for understanding

The new Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief asks for more understanding from the public for the perceived shortcomings in their service to the nation, especially in the field of security, saying that the AFP is just now currently undergoing modernization.

U.S. aid workers who survived Ebola leave Atlanta hospital

  (Reuters) – Appearing thin but smiling, a Texas doctor who weeks ago entered an Atlanta hospital in a full-body biohazard suit to be treated for Ebola said on Thursday he was “thrilled to be alive” as doctors declared him virus-free and safe for release. Dr. Kent Brantly’s release came two days after a second U.S. missionary, Nancy Writebol, was quietly allowed to leave Emory University Hospital, where both had been treated after contracting the […]

Indonesia police fire teargas ahead of court verdict on election

(Reuters) – Indonesian police fired teargas to disperse thousands of protesters outside the country’s top court in Jakarta on Thursday, as judges started delivering their verdict into last month’s disputed presidential election. Losing candidate Prabowo Subianto has asked the Constitutional Court to overturn the election result, saying the vote in the world’s third largest democracy was tainted by mass fraud. Judges started reading through their findings – estimated to be hundreds of pages long – […]