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RP aborts Gaza evacuation

Butch and Myra Brodett accuse police of torturing their son Richard, as supposedly proved in photographs they showed to media on Monday. They are asking the National Bureau of Investigation to look into their allegation.
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Filipinos in Israel safe, says envoy

No Filipinos were evacuated from the Gaza Strip on Monday, as fighting intensified when Israeli forces drove even deeper into the Palestinian territory, an official said.

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GAZA CITY: Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battled in Gaza on Monday amid tank, artillery and air strikes, as Israel pressed on with its assault on Hamas and world leaders stepped up efforts to end the conflict.

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T O P   S T O R I E S

·  MOVES BY JUSTICE OFFICIAL IN DRUG CASE ‘IRREGULAR’
·  Golf course brawls now in trial court
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House to review DOJ, judge rulings on past drug cases

· Slower sale of cars seen, says Campi
· Obama’s Cabinet nominee backs out
· 7-year-old elopes with 6-year-old 
· DOE eyes more rollbacks at pumps
   

M E T R O

The influx of Filipinos securing jobs overseas does not redound to lower unemployment rate in the country after all, a report from the Philippine Migration and Development Statistical Almanac showed.

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R E G I O N S

Warden identifies two escapees as Musali Cado, allegedly of Al Khobar, and Nacario, a thieve

GENERAL SANTOS CITY: The escape on Sunday of a primary suspect in the series of bombing attacks in Southwestern Mindanao including a high-profile inmate from prison in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato has led Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco of Kidapawan City to strongly recommend to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Region 12 the immediate firing of city jail personnel for gross negligence.

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B U S I N E S S

THE Philippines’ foreign aid commitments in the first nine months last year fell by more than a fifth due to declining pledges from the three biggest international funding sources, the National Economic and Development Authority said.

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S P O R T S

AFTER a long break, the Magnolia Purewater Wizards try to start the New Year with a bang as they seek for the second outright semifinal berth against Hapee Toothpaste today in the resumption of the 2009 Philippine Basketball League-PG Flex Linoleum Cup at the San Beda College Gym.

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T E C H   T I M E S

Apple faithful are making pilgrimages to San Francisco for the start of Macworld, an annual cult-like gathering that this year is expected to lack revelations and iconic leader Steve Jobs.

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M O T O R I N G 

Advocate carmakers determined to further spread gospel of road safety

The auto manufacturers in the Philippines who have embraced road safety as their corporate advocacy have for a few years already established their own programs. Programs that, in fact, have reached thousands of road users. And though some admit that public—not to mention the government’s—awareness regarding road safety issues is still far from ideal, the manufacturers are apparently determined to further their cause.

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OPINION

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‘Animal spirits’ needed

AS the world braces for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, nearly every major confidence poll has registered record lows among both businesses and households. Given the global credit crunch, almost everyone is holding on to cash like a lifeline.

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Julius F. Fortuna: Manila neutral on Gaza Strip violence  

· Ernesto F. Herrera: 
A renewed focus
· Alito L. Malinao: Combating the insurgency without guns  
· Tony Lopez: The Alabang Boys
· Marit Stinus-Remonde: Rizal and the 2010 elections
· ANALYSIS: Israeli aggression has little leeway for a pullback  

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Benito L. Teehankee: Goodbye to management malpractice  

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World

Mahathir calls for boycott of US products

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday called for a global boycott of the US dollar and US-made products, including Coca-Cola, in protest over Washington’s backing of Israel.

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Life & Times

Not another showbiz album
Eula Valdez belts bona fide blues with vocal chops and musical moxie to match

Showbiz people would do anything to promote their movies, their careers and themselves. They’ll even issue lame dance albums, CDs filled with nothing but lackluster remakes of old tired ballads and various versions of the same nursery rhyme-like song.

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