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Update: Casualties reported after gunshots and explosions at Philippines hotel and casino

Latest: Witnesses have reported gunshots and explosions at a hotel and casino complex in the Philippines capital, Manila.

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Back-to-back earthquakes spark panic in Philippine resort

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Nine dead, 33 missing after ferry sinks

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Day-care centre owner takes children hostage

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Students held hostage on bus by gunmen

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Philippines: Up to 700 feared dead in mudslides

Landslide leaves 1,500 missing, feared dead

A RAIN-soaked mountainside disintegrated into a torrent of mud in the eastern Philippines yesterday, swallowing hundreds of houses and an elementary school in sludge three stories high.

Sat, 18 Feb, 2006

200 dead, 1,500 missing in massive landslide

A massive landslide rumbled down a mountainside on an eastern Philippine island today, burying hundreds of houses and a school packed with primary students. Red Cross officials estimated 200 people were dead and 1,500 others missing.

Fri, 17 Feb, 2006

'No ransom paid' as Annetta Flanigan is freed

Three UN workers - including Armagh's Annetta Flanigan - who were kidnapped in Afghanistan have been released unharmed after nearly four weeks in captivity, officials said today.

Tue, 23 Nov, 2004