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Beauty queen the latest victim in Venezuela unrest

(Reuters) – A local beauty queen died of a gunshot wound on Wednesday, the fifth fatality from Venezuela’s political unrest, as imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo Lopez urged supporters to keep fighting for the departure of the socialist government. Tensions have risen in Venezuela since Lopez, a 42-year-old Harvard-educated economist, turned himself in to troops on Tuesday after spearheading three weeks of often rowdy protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s government. The latest victims of the unrest […]

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Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion

By Gerry Shih and Sarah McBride Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:54pm EST (Reuters) – Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world’s largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd. The acquisition of the hot messaging service with more than 450 million users around the world stunned many Silicon Valley observers with its lofty price tag. But it […]

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Ukraine’s Yanukovich agrees ‘truce’ with opposition, to start negotiations

(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Wednesday (February 19) he had agreed a “truce” with opposition leaders, after street violence in which at least 26 people were killed, and a start to negotiations to end further bloodshed. A statement on the presidential website said that during talks with the three main opposition leaders, Yanukovich had agreed firstly a truce and secondly “the start to negotiations with the aim of ending bloodshed, and stabilizing […]

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Obama Warns Ukraine Of Consequences If Violence Continues

(Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama warned Ukraine on Wednesday (February 19) that there would be consequences if the violence in Kiev continues, saying the United States holds theUkrainian government responsible for dealing peacefully with protesters. Speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Obama said the Ukrainian military should not step into a situation that could be resolved by civilians. “We hold the Ukrainian government primarily responsible for making sure that it is dealing with peaceful protesters in an appropriate way, that the […]

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West readies Ukraine sanctions for 26 deaths in Kiev, Yanukovich slams coup bid

(Reuters) – Western powers threatened sanctions on Wednesday over the death of 26 people in the worst violence since Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union, pressuring President Viktor Yanukovich to compromise with his pro-European opponents. Yanukovich, backed by Russia, denounced the overnight bloodshed in central Kiev as an attempted coup, and his security service said it had launched a nationwide “anti-terrorist operation” after arms and ammunition dumps were looted. In the western bastion of Ukrainian […]

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Aquino: no verified reports yet of human rights violations vs OFWs in Malaysia

MANILA, Feb. 19 (PNA) — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday said the government has no verification if reports of alleged human rights violations against Filipino workers in Malaysia were at all true. “I have not seen any proof of alleged human rights violations,” the President said in Filipino, during an ambush interview after the inauguration of the Estero de San Miguel Micro Medium-Rise building in Sampaloc, Manila. He added the Department of Foreign […]

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Big drop in U.S. housing recorded due to brutally cold winter

(Reuters) – U.S. housing starts recorded their biggest drop in almost three years in January as harsh weather disrupted activity, but the third month of declines in permits hinted at some weakness in the housing market. Wednesday’s data was the latest suggestion that a brutally cold winter was putting a big dent in the economy. But severe weather cannot be blamed for all the slowdown in growth as the economy appears to have ended 2013 […]

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25 killed in Kiev as Ukraine protest turns bloody

(Reuters) – Ukrainian protesters poured on to a central Kiev square on Wednesday, preparing to confront police anew after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West, won its independence. After hours of clashes, police had gained ground overnight in Independence Square, center of three months of protests against President Viktor Yanukovich, and were occupying about a third of the square at 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) on […]

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Senate To Ratify FOI Bill Before Congress Break

Senate President Franklin Drilon guarantees that the Senate will ratify the Freedom of Information Bill before the congressional break on March 15. He added that the debate has ended and all amendments have been included before the submission of the bill to the bicameral committee.

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Senate Has No Charter Change Plan

The Senate will not initiate its own move for charter change. Senate President Franklin Drilon said that the body will wait for the House of Representatives to pass the its own charter change proposal so that the Senate can make sure that the amendments are limited to economic provisions.

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At least 4 killed, dozens injured in Beirut blast

A BLAST has occurred near in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. The explosion is the latest to hit a predominantly Shiite area. The explosion, which killed at least four people and wounded dozens, appeared to have been carried out by a pair of suicide bombers making use of a motorbike. The blast happened in the suburb of Beir Hassan, a stronghold of support for the Shiite Muslim political movement Hezbollah. The Abdullah Azzam […]

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Medium-Rise Building for informal settlers in Manila’s Estero de San Miguel inaugurated

MANILA, Feb. 19 (PNA) — Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon J. Soliman joined President Benigno S. Aquino III in the inauguration Wednesday morning of the first Medium-Rise Building (MRB) for informal settlers in Estero de San Miguel in Barangay 412, Legarda, Sampaloc, Manila. According to Secretary Soliman, the MRB is part of the national government’s continuing initiatives to provide safe, decent and affordable houses for informal settler families (ISFs) living near […]

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