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Oliver North, live from Jolo

Oliver North, the former colonel in the US Army who figured prominently in the Iran-Contra scandal in the '80s, recently reported for the Fox News Channel the hunt for terrorists in Sulu. "It was like hitting the jackpot in the global war on terrorism," North said in his report, referring to the $10 million reward given to Filipinos who provided information that led to the deaths of Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani and Abu Solaiman. North hosts Fox's "War Stories."

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Pinoy maids slam HK’s ‘insulting’ pay hike

A Filipino domestic worker in Hongkong protests a pay increase implemented by the Hongkong government that she and hundreds of others like her consider an insult because it is way below their demand. Migrant groups in the Chinese territory are protesting the government's piecemeal approach to wage increases for domestic workers. Hongkong is one of the top destinations for Filipino maids. (Photo: arkibongbayan.org)

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‘Miss-Ogyny’


'Miss-Ogyny'. Members of the Gabriela Network in New York held last week a "beauty pageant" to dramatize the killings of political activists, many of them women, in the Philippines. Photo shows a GABNet member dressed like a beauty queen, with a sash saying ?Miss-Ogyny,? and holding a purple umbrella decked with small placards containing photos of Philippine women victims of political killings. (GABnet photo) | Read Davao Today's coverage of the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines | More Davao Today photographs

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