Philippines urged to compensate wartime sex slave survivors
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Philippines urged to compensate wartime sex slave survivors

MANILA (UCAN): On March 10, lawyers representing Philippine women forced to work as sex slaves…

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Church in Myanmar speaks out against rare earth mining
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Church in Myanmar speaks out against rare earth mining

BANMAW (UCAN): Church leaders in Myanmar are up in arms against unregulated mining for rare…

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Oil spill sickens coastal residents in the Philippines
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Oil spill sickens coastal residents in the Philippines

MANILA (UCAN): More than 60 residents of Pola town in Oriental Mindoro province, the Philippines…

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Prison ministry activities to be beefed up in Philippines
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Prison ministry activities to be beefed up in Philippines

MANILA (UCAN): “We will increase our presence by assigning more missionaries to prisons… their programmes…

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As UN hears reports on Myanmar, thousands flee homes
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As UN hears reports on Myanmar, thousands flee homes

LOIKAW (UCAN): Thousands of villagers have fled their homes as the military in Myanmar escalated…

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