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(UPDATE 2) Typhoon “Pepeng” (international codename: Parma) continued to strengthen as it closed in on Northern Luzon, the state weather bureau said Thursday morning.

ZURICH – A high-profile rush to defend Roman Polanski after the film director’s arrest sparked a backlash on Wednesday, as a growing number of politicians called for him to face justice over a three-decade-old child sex case.

A 35-year-old Filipino janitress, jailed for being pregnant in eastern Saudi Arabia, has told visiting Philippine Embassy officials that she was drugged and raped by a coworker.

The Supreme Court has upheld the right of mall owners to collect parking fees from their customers.

Google on Wednesday released free software that lets website operators automatically translate online pages into any of 51 languages.

NEW YORK – Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday on data showing more signs of recovery in the United States, the world’s largest energy consumer.

NEW YORK – Wall Street shares ended lower for the second consecutive day Wednesday after data showing a steep drop in private sector payrolls fueled increased jitters on the economic outlook.

JAKARTA – A massive earthquake wreaked havoc on the Indonesian island of Sumatra Wednesday, with officials saying it could have killed more than 1,000 people as homes and buildings collapsed.

LIMA – Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori, already sentenced to 25 years behind bars for human right violations, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in jail for corruption.