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Compostela Valley landslides kill 13

abs-cbnNEWS.com - 9/8/2008 3:58:50 PM

The death toll in twin landslides that hit Compostela Valley rose to 13 after rescuers found four more bodies under the rubble in Masara village, Maco town.

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Kidnap: Facing Death

Last of three parts

For the first days, my cell phone, with Smart as the service provider, was used by our captors to contact my family, and for their own use as well. By the third or fourth day, the battery of my cell phone was used up. They transferred my SIM card to one of their phones and continued to use my line. The group would send a messenger from time to time to charge the phone, I assumed, to a nearby village.
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First part: Kidnap: Days of captivity in the depths of Sulu Second part: Kidnap: Ransom and guns
Days of captivity in the depths of Sulu
KIDNAP, the documentary on the abduction in Sulu of ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and her crew by the Abu Sayyaf Group, will be replayed on ANC on:

Saturday, July 19, 3.30 pm
Sunday, July 20, 10.30 pm

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a documentary on the abduction in Sulu of ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and her crew by the Abu Sayyaf Group, will be aired on ABS-CBN (Channel 2) on Sunday, July 13, 10:05pm.

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At 2:00 a.m. today, a Active Low Pressure Area (ALPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 340 kms east of Catanduanes (14.0°N 127.8°E) embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao.

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