Benigno Aquino Iii

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  Filipinos Raped By Japanese World War II Troops Demand Compensation

  A group of elderly Filipino women raped by Japanese troops during World War II called for compensation from Japan on today, following Tokyo's pledge of $8.3 million for South Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during the war.

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  Year After Typhoon Haiyan, Some Move On, Others Agonize

  Four months after she lost her husband and home to Typhoon Haiyan's fury, Agnes Bacsal gave birth to their sixth child - a sprightly boy, whose company has eased the family's pain.

• Armed Woman Stopped at Philippine President's Home

  A woman armed with a pistol tried to enter the Philippine presidential palace Friday and demanded to see President Benigno Aquino III, security officials said.

• Muslim rebel bomb wounds six in southern Philippines

  A homemade bomb that was likely set off by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines wounded six people, including two television journalists, the military said.

• Philippines earthquake: Rescuers struggle to find survivors, death toll nears a hundred,

  The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippine island of Bohol today rose to 93, as rescuers struggled to reach patients in a collapsed hospital. Centuries-old stone churches crumbled and wide areas were without power.

• Philippines' Arroyo pleads not guilty to electoral fraud

  Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pleaded not guilty to an electoral fraud charge on Thursday at the opening of a landmark trial.