The Philippines government has said 50 survivors have been pulled from a school buried under a mudslide.

A United States marine, who spent more than 36 years on the run as a deserter from the Vietnam war, was behind bars today, awaiting word on his fate as officials decided if and how his case would be prosecuted.

Hundreds of troops who stormed a downtown shopping and apartment complex today demanding the government resign later ended a 19-hour stand-off and returned to barracks without a shot fired.