Positive news from Philippines
ADB Approves Loan To Clean Up Most Polluted River In ChinaManila, Philippines - The Asian Development Bank said Monday it approved an 80 million-dollar loan to help clean up one of China's most polluted rivers. |
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Rebels close to peace deal with ManilaCotabato City, Philippines - The leader of the Phili-ppines' biggest Muslim rebel group yesterday said a peace agreement with Manila is within reach, raising hopes of an end to more than three decades of fighting that has killed over 100,000 people and stunted economic development in the south. |
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Philippines caps fish culture activity at its largest lakeManila, Philippines - Fish farming activity at Laguna de Bay, one of southeast Asia's largest lakes, is to be curtailed to save the waters from worsening pollution, the environment department said Thursday. |
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Kaiser of the corals leadsPaglao, Philippines - Horn looks out across the tranquil waters off Panglao Island in the central Philippines and says: "It wasn�t always like this . . . quiet and peaceful." |
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Philippines peace talks resumePhilippines - Talks have begun between the Philippine government and rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), in an effort to end decades of conflict. |
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News from Southeast Asia
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- Philippines and Muslim rebels sign key peace plan
- Myanmar government abolishes direct media censorship
- Southeast Asia’s largest lowland rainforest spared from new land concessions
- Conservationists pledge to double number of tiny buffalo
- KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestation
- Scientists recruit aerial drones to combat illegal logging
- Burmese savour taste of democracy
- Nations get tough on tiger trade
- ‘Pyramids’ planted to revive Philippine corals