Typhoon Fengshen kills 80 in Philippines (AP)
Sunday, 22 June 2008 11:24

Residents wade through a flooded street in Manila following heavy rains brought about by typhoon Fengshen on Sunday June 22, 2008 in Manila. Typhoon Fengshen lashed across the Philippines for a second day Sunday, killing at least 80 people as it submerged entire communities and capsized a passenger ferry carrying more than 800 passengers and crew.  (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - A rescue ship battling huge waves and strong winds on Sunday reached a passenger ferry that capsized in Typhoon Fengshen, but found none of the more than 700 people who were on board. The storm has submerged entire communities in the Philippines and left at least 80 people dead.


 

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Guantánamo detainees win right to court review (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S. soldier Vincent Johnson trains at the gym on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Thursday, May 15, 2008. The base is the oldest U.S. base overseas, whose community has tripled in size since the U.S. began holding alleged terrorists and men suspected of links to al-Qaida or the Taliban in 2002. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)The Christian Science Monitor - Imprisoned terror suspects at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, won a major legal victory on Thursday when the US Supreme Court ruled that they have the right to petition US courts challenging the legality of their open-ended detention.


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US vows Guantanamo trials to go on (AFP)

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