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Dad Gets 14,400 Years for Daily Rape of Daughter

Abuse case worst ever, says Philippines court

(Newser) - A father in the Philippines who raped his 13-year-old daughter almost every day while her mother worked abroad for a year has been given a 14,400-year sentence—40 years for every rape. The rickshaw driver was originally sentenced to death, but an appeals court commuted the sentence, AP reports....

Philippines Fire Leaves Thousands Homeless

Fire guts 350 shanties north of Manila

(Newser) - Officials say a massive fire has left thousands homeless in two coastal villages north of the Philippines' capital. Fire Officer Domingo Gastilo says the fire broke out late yesterday, possibly when gasoline a man was pouring into a container near an open stove caught alight. The fire lasted four hours,...

Ex-Cop Hijacks Bus, Kills Tourists in Manila

... in a bid to get his job back

(Newser) - At least two tourists were killed today in the Philippines, after an ex-police officer took their bus hostage in a bizarre bid to get his old job back. The ex-officer, Rolando Mendoza, flagged down the bus in Manila about 10 hours ago, wearing his police uniform, CNN reports. Once on...

Japan Should Apologize for Hiroshima

Or for nation's bloody actions leading up to bombing

(Newser) - Japan will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing today, and for the first time, the US ambassador to Japan will be present. The son of the man who dropped the first atomic bomb called that gesture “an unsaid apology” from the Obama administration. But it’s not...

Cops: We Found Serial Killer on Facebook

Man charged in slayings of 9 was friend of 2 victims' daughter

(Newser) - Philippine authorities have arrested a man suspected of murdering 9 people this month—all thanks to his Facebook account. Mark Dizon, whose alleged victims include a Canadian, an American, a Brit and their Filipina partners, "was fond of computers and this gave him away," said the police superintendent....

Content Reviewers See Worst of the Web
Content Reviewers See
Worst of the Web
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 25, 2010 6:39 AM CDT

Content Reviewers See Worst of the Web

Too much of the Internet's dark side can affect mental health

(Newser) - Imagine spending your workday looking at the vilest images and videos the Internet has to offer. That's the lot of content reviewers, who fill an increasingly necessary role in an online world more and more driven by user-generated content. It's essential for social-networking sites to stay free of snuff videos...

Typhoon Kills 26 in Philippines

Typhoon Conson leaves millions without power

(Newser) - The first typhoon of the year has killed at least 26 people in the Philippines and left large parts of the country without power. Electricity is slowly being restored to Manila and surrounding areas as the country repairs the damage from Typhoon Conson, the AP reports. Dozens of people, mostly...

13 International Celebrity Tiffs
 13 International 
 Celebrity Tiffs 
robin williams vs. australia
Apr 9, 2010 10:23 AM CDT

13 International Celebrity Tiffs

The big names who've gotten in hot water overseas

(Newser) - Robin Williams’ comment to David Letterman last week that “Australians are basically English rednecks” set off quite a chain reaction—the Australian prime minister is mad at Williams, and the Alabama governor is mad at the Australian PM for implying Alabamians are the real rednecks. The Daily Beast rounds...

Call Centers Return to US, With a Twist

More companies hire trained operators to work from home

(Newser) - It’s still not as cheap as outsourcing to India or the Philippines, but US companies are increasingly choosing homegrown telephone operators to handle their customer service needs. The trend is fueled by the advent of “phonesourcing” or “homesourcing,” which uses linkups to allow trained operators to...

My Way Killings Plague Filipino Karaoke Bars

Bad singers face the final curtain

(Newser) - If you sing My Way at a karaoke bar in the Philippines, the end may be nearer than you realize: A spate of killings of people singing the Frank Sinatra song has prompted many bars to remove it from their playbooks and many Filipinos to avoid singing it. In a...

I Want Tim Tebow to Fail: Jeff Pearlman

Florida QB would throw non-Christians 'into the lake of fire'

(Newser) - "A famous Tim Tebow is a dangerous Tim Tebow," Jeff Pearlman writes on his website , and that's why Pearlman has a special wish for the anti-abortion quarterback: "I want him to fail in the NFL." Tebow plays football not for the love of the game, Pearlman...

The Real Story of Tim Tebow's Near-Abortion

Omitted from inspirational version: Abortion was illegal

(Newser) - As the uproar over Tim Tebow’s anti-abortion Super Bowl ad rages, little attention has been paid to whether his mom Pam’s story—that she refused a recommended abortion while working as a missionary in the Philippines—is true. “One detail has so far been excluded from Tebow's...

Bin Laden, al-Qaeda Nearly Killed Clinton

Prez missed 1996 Philippines bomb by minutes: new book

(Newser) - Al-Qaeda terrorists under the orders of Osama bin Laden came within minutes of assassinating Bill Clinton in 1996, according to the author of a new book on the former president. Secret Service members changed the route of Clinton's motorcade through Manila at the last minute after intercepting communications suggesting an...

Volcano Threat Rises as Quakes Strengthen
 Volcano Threat 
 Rises as Quakes 
 Strengthen  

47K Filipinos flee
Dec 22, 2009 9:31 AM CST

Volcano Threat Rises as Quakes Strengthen

Major Mayon eruption seen as imminent

(Newser) - Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the central Philippines have moved to emergency shelters, as quakes grew stronger yesterday and red hot lava flows reached three miles from the crater. Scientists raised Mayon's alert level to one step below a...

20K Flee Filipino Volcano

 20K Flee 
 Filipino 
 Volcano 
mother nature
Dec 15, 2009 10:30 AM CST

20K Flee Filipino Volcano

Lava flows, plumes of ash sent into sky

(Newser) - The Philippines' most active volcano oozed lava and shot up plumes of ash today, forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate their homes and face the possibility of a bleak Christmas in a shelter. State volcanologists raised the alert level on the cone-shaped, 8,070-foot Mayon volcano overnight to...

Bandits Kidnap 75 From Philippine School

Dozens of children held hostage in southern Philippines

(Newser) - Gunmen seized 75 people, mostly children, during a raid on a remote elementary school in the southern Philippines this morning. The hostages were taken to a forested area, and officials are attempting to negotiate with the armed tribesmen for their release, the BBC reports. The incident is believed to be...

Philippine Cops Battle Muslim Gunmen

Clan linked to massacre launches commando attack

(Newser) - Gunman loyal to a Philippine Muslim clan clashed with cops in the first outbreak of violence since a southern province was placed under martial law. No one was injured when gunmen opened fire on police commandos patrolling Datu Unsay township, reports AP . But officials are demanding some 2,400 gunmen...

Philippines Imposes Martial Law in Province

Some call President Arroyo's move overkill

(Newser) - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo imposed martial law today on a southern province, while security forces detained the patriarch of a powerful clan and three of his sons. They are accused of massacring 57 people and fomenting rebellion. Critics accused Arroyo of overkill—it's the first time martial law has been...

Imelda Marcos Running for Philippine Congress

80-year-old widow a candidate in dictator hubby's stronghold

(Newser) - Former first lady Imelda Marcos filed her candidacy for next year's congressional elections in the Philippines, joining the country's boxing champion and the outgoing president in the star-studded race for the lower house. Strongman Ferdinand Marcos' flamboyant 80-year-old widow, who has successfully fought off more than 900 civil and criminal...

Politician Busted for Philippine Massacre

Powerful family blamed for murder of 57

(Newser) - A politician suspected of organizing the slaughter of 57 rival supporters and journalists this week has surrendered to authorities in the southern Philippines. Andal Ampatuan Jr., who was planning to run for a provincial governorship, was at the scene when gunmen stopped a convoy heading to register a rival candidate,...

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