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/ 26 October 2007
Joseph Estrada, the jailed former leader of the Philippines, walked free on Friday as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo faced criticism for pardoning the playboy movie star. Arroyo set aside her ousted predecessor’s life sentence on Thursday, just six weeks after he was convicted on corruption charges.
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/ 27 September 2007
People in Burma were already living on the edge before the government doubled fuel prices, raising the cost of just about everything and shoving many over the precipice. The sudden announcement of fuel price hikes on August 15 became the tipping point of a crisis that had been building for a long time.