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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo stories: 3 news summaries
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 Top 10 Hottest 
 Heads of State 

Sorry, Nobel Committee, Obama only ranks 15th

Oct 13, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may have won a Nobel Peace Prize, and Yulia Tymoshenko has not, but there’s one thing the Ukrainian prime minister has over the president: She’s ranked No. 1 on HottestHeadsofState.com. The site offers “scientific and unbiased rankings” of world leaders’ hotness, complete with piercing... More »

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Barack Obama • Vladimir Putin • hot • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Yulia Tymoshenko • Gloria Macapagal Arroyo • Rafael Correa • slideshow • Alexander Lukashenko • attractive

 Philippines Girds for 'Calamity' 
 Ahead of Super-Typhoon 

Areas still stricken by last storm evacuate; Parma expected to hit within hours

Oct 2, 09 10:40 PM CDT
(AP) - Filipinos braced to be whipped by powerful winds and pelted with rain from a second typhoon in eight days, fleeing by the tens of thousands from low-lying areas and suspending cleanup operations in the flooded capital. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a nationwide "state of calamity" and ordered mass... More »

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Manila Rebels Surrender After Troops Storm Hotel

Anti-Arroyo stand fails to ignite support; rebels yield to troops

Nov 29, 07 6:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Rebel soldiers who had held 200 workers, guests, and journalists hostage in a Manila luxury hotel surrendered today after Philippine troops launched an assault on the building, the BBC reports. The rebels, who were calling for the overthrow of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, were led handcuffed out of the Peninsula... More »

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