The Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2 could still take in thousands more of passengers every day with maximum passenger capacity still far from being reached. Melquiades "Mel" Robles, LRT Authority administrator, said that overloading or overcrowding was not a problem at the two rail lines with Line 1, which runs from Baclaran, Paraรฑaque City to Monumento in Caloocan City, and Line 2, which runs from Santolan, Pasig City to C.M. Recto Avenue in Manila, still offering a comfortable ride for passengers.
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Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 2:43 PM GMT
Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong as chairman of China's ruling Communist Party and briefly ruled the country, died Wednesday at the age of 87, state media reported. State television CCTV and the official Xinhua news agency said Hua -- one of the last of the revolutionary old guard -- died in Beijing from an unspecified illness. Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 4:07 PM GMT
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday told French soldiers mourning 10 comrades killed by the Taliban that their work in Afghanistan was essential for the "freedom of the world" and must continue. Sarkozy travelled to Kabul with his Defence Minister Herve Morin and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner for a lightning visit to show support after the 10 were killed and 21 others wounded in a battle with Taliban rebels this week. Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 2:30 PM GMT
A Muslim rebel commander behind deadly raids in the southern Philippines declared on Wednesday an "all-out war" against the government, saying his fighters were willing to die in battle. Abdurahman Macapaar of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), also known as Commander Bravo, taunted the military and said his mujahedeen, or holy warriors, were willing to engage them in firefights anytime. Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 2:46 PM GMT
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari met briefly Wednesday with top leaders from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, but his planned meeting with her did not take place, a party spokesman said. Gambari spoke for 20 minutes with five NLD leaders at a military facility in Yangon, party spokesman Nyan Win said. Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 2:07 PM GMT
Five people were killed as Typhoon Nuri slammed into the northern Philippines Wednesday, triggering heavy rain and warnings of possible storm surges, officials said. Packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometres (86 miles) an hour at the centre and gusts of up to 170 kilometres per hour, at 4:00 pm (0800 GMT) Nuri was 90 kilometres northwest of the northern province of Cagayan, moving northwest at 15 kilometres per hour. Special Reports
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A Spanish tourist jet carrying 173 people careered off a Madrid airport runway and broke up in flames on Wednesday killing at least 146 people, national radio reported. The Spanair MD-82 made an emergency landing just after taking off from Madrid-Barajas airport heading for Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, according to an airport authority spokesman. Spanish media said an engine caught fire as it took off.
Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 6:13 PM GMT
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Iran has banned an award-winning young actress from leaving the country over her appearance in a star-studded Hollywood production, the state news agency IRNA said on Wednesday. "Golshifteh Farahani was banned from leaving by the authorities at the airport on Tuesday when she was about to leave for Hollywood to examine a new offer," IRNA said quoting an informed source.
Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 3:13 PM GMT
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Police yesterday arrested three women who almost got away after robbing a 29-year-old Malaysian national of $290 and P2,500 in cash after treating him to hours of sexual fun inside a hotel in Makati City. Those nabbed were identified as Loriza de Guzman, 24, and Catherine Cotas, both of No. 38 Lozada Street, Silangan, Pateros; and Ely Santos, 30, of Block 4 Lot 4 Salitran, Dasmarinas, Cavite.
The Philippine Star - 7/23/2008 12:03 AM GMT
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The Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2 could still take in thousands more of passengers every day with maximum passenger capacity still far from being reached. Melquiades "Mel" Robles, LRT Authority administrator, said that overloading or overcrowding was not a problem at the two rail lines with Line 1, which runs from Baclaran, Paraรฑaque City to Monumento in Caloocan City, and Line 2, which runs from Santolan, Pasig City to C.M. Recto Avenue in Manila, still offering a comfortable ride for passengers.
The Philippine Star - 7/23/2008 12:03 AM GMT
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Sony Corp. plans to use its latest high-definition video technology to show operas staged in England in cinemas in Japan, the electronics giant said Wednesday. Sony will in November bring to a handful of Japanese cinemas Bizet's "Carmen" and Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" as recorded at the Royal Opera House in London along with performances from the annual Glyndebourne festival.
Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 12:19 PM GMT
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