Archive for October 8th, 2009

Philippine mudslides, floods kill more than 160 (AP)

Written by on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – Officials say rescuers have retrieved more than 160 dead from dozens of landslides that buried villages and cut off towns in the rain-soaked northern Philippines.

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Philippine mudslides, floods kill estimated 100 (AP)

Written by on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – Dozens of landslides in the rain-soaked mountains of the northern Philippines killed an estimated 100 people, as a lingering storm and excess water from dams turned a part of one province into “one huge river,” officials said Friday.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

US hints may put Al-Qaeda, not Taliban, in crosshairs (AFP)

Written by on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 in 338802.

The White House said the Taliban posed less of a threat to US security than Al-Qaeda, raising speculation that President Barack Obama may not opt for a vastly increased counter-insurgency force in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP – The White House said the Taliban posed less of a threat to US security than Al-Qaeda, raising speculation that President Barack Obama may not opt for a vastly increased counter-insurgency force in Afghanistan.

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