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AMERICA-WASHINGTON: US SENATE HEARING – Mike Pompeo (Kentucky) faces uphill battle in Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of State job

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POLITICS-GOV’T: MANILA – House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to remove Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno

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