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Five Abu Sayyaf members surrender over Philippine church bombing
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2019
» MANILA: A senior Abu Sayyaf operative and four members of the militant group believed to be behind the deadly bombing of a church in the southern Philippines surrendered to authorities over the weekend, the national police chief said on Monday.
Heartthrob 'Deliverance' star Burt Reynolds dies
Reuters, Published on 07/09/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Burt Reynolds, whose good looks and charm made him one of Hollywood's most popular actors as he starred in films such as Deliverance, The Longest Yard and Smokey and the Bandit in the 1970s and '80s, has died at age 82, a spokesman for his Los Angeles agent said on Thursday.
Robert De Niro uses F-bomb against Trump on live TV
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2018
» NEW YORK: Oscar-winning actor Robert de Niro issued an expletive-laden denunciation of US President Donald Trump during the live television broadcast of the Tony Awards ceremony on Sunday.
Malaysia's former first lady makes fashion statement
Reuters, Published on 05/06/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians who voted scandal-tainted prime minister Najib Razak out of office last month were treated to the sight of his allegedly high-spending wife Rosmah Mansor submitting herself to questioning at the anti-graft agency headquarters on Monday.
Hollywood boots predator Cosby, paedophile child rapist Polanski
Reuters, Published on 04/05/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Television's Bill Cosby and Oscar-winning director and child-rapist Roman Polanski were expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy Awards presenters said in a statement on Thursday.
Drugs war leaders get key posts in Philippine police reshuffle
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2018
» MANILA: Police at the helm of the Philippine war on drugs were given top posts in the national force on Thursday, indicating no let-up in a brutal crackdown that has caused international alarm, and defined Rodrigo Duterte's 21-month presidency.
Philippines relieves 11 officers in mistaken-identity shooting
Reuters, Published on 29/12/2017
» MANILA: Ten Philippine police officers who mistakenly shot at a vehicle and killed two of its passengers late Thursday have been relieved of their duties, the capital's police chief said as he ordered an investigation into the incident.
Philippine lawyers to file murder complaint against police
Reuters, Published on 04/09/2017
» MANILA -- A Philippine government agency on Monday said a murder complaint would be filed against policemen who shot dead a teenager accused of robbery, the second such case in just over a week against police from the same part of the capital, Manila.
United Air removes couple from plane
Reuters, Published on 17/04/2017
» NEW YORK - An engaged couple were removed from a United Airlines flight to Costa Rica on Saturday, as the airline remained under scrutiny following outrage caused by a video last week of a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight.
United Airlines boss: 'This never will happen again'
Reuters, Published on 13/04/2017
» NEW YORK - United Airlines will no longer use law enforcement officers to remove passengers from overbooked flights after global outrage erupted over a video showing a passenger dragged from one of its planes in Chicago.