Negros earthquake: President Aquino criticizes shoddy road building
Negros earthquake: President Aquino visited Negros province where an earthquake struck Monday. Dozens of people are still missing, perhaps buried in landslides caused by the 6.9 magnitude quake.
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Waiting for Congress, Obama takes dog Bo shopping (Reuters)
Reuters – With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday as he waited for congressional leaders to mop up a payroll tax mess that has kept him in Washington.
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Theft of Obama audio truck probed in Virginia (Reuters)
Reuters – Authorities are investigating the theft of a truck that a Virginia television station said held President Barack Obama’s teleprompter and other speaking equipment.
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Czech media teases president for pocketing pen (Reuters)
Reuters – Czech media chided President Vaclav Klaus on Tuesday after a viral Internet video showed him discreetly pocketing a ceremonial pen during a visit to Chile in what viewers are calling a theft.
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Ugandan president says may release rap album (Reuters)
Reuters – President Yoweri Museveni says he might release an album after a rap he performed became a smash hit on Uganda’s radio stations and in its nightclubs.
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Leader stuns voters with robocalls (Reuters)
Reuters – Not many Ugandans expect a private audience with President Yoweri Museveni. Nor a phone call.
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Law to protect German kids’ right to noise (AP)
AP – Children of Germany take heart — it may soon be perfectly legal to make noise.
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Law to protect German kids’ right to noise
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Indonesia MPs launch whip-round for pay-freeze president (Reuters)
Reuters – Indonesian members of parliament have started a collection for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after he said he had not had a pay rise in seven years.
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Purported JFK ambulance sold for $120,000 at auction (Reuters)
Reuters – A car collector who wanted a “piece of history” paid $120,000 at an auction in Arizona for a 1963 ambulance that purportedly carried the body of President John F. Kennedy after he was assassinated, auction officials said.
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Russia’s ruling tandem "take turns sleeping" – Putin (Reuters)
Reuters – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he sleeps only when close ally President Dmitry Medvedev is awake to make sure the country, which stretches across nine time zones, is properly ruled at all times.
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