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Filipino Jins Bag 40 Gold Medals in World Taekwondo Expo in South Korea

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MANILA, Philippines?The Philippines amassed 40 gold medals in different events and age groups in the First World Taekwondo Cultural Expo in Jeollabukdo Province in South Korea recently.

In the kyorugi or sparring, the RP team picked up 29 golds, 14 silvers and nine bronzes, and collected 11 golds, 16 silvers and 11 bronzes in individual poomse or form and three silvers and seven bronzes in group poomse.
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Indie Film 'Lababo' Finalist in Zinebi Fest

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Lababo is a story of two Filipinas who fall for the same American soldier. Coming at a time when the Philippines is taking a closer look at the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement in the wake of the conviction of US Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith for the rape of a Filipina at the Subic Bay Freeport in November 2005, it is a most timely and poignant short film. And it also a first for the country?the first Filipino finalist in the Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films (Zinebi) of Spain.
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4 RP Schools in the Top 500 World Universities of 2006

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Higher Education has released its 2006 Ranking of World's Top 500 Universities which is quite similar to the other rankings conducted by MIT and Stanford.

The top ten are:

1. Harvard University (USA)
2. Cambridge University (United Kingdom)
3. Stanford University (USA)
4. University of California - Berkeley (USA)
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
6. CalTech (USA)
7. Columbia University (USA)
8. Princeton (USA)
9. University of Chicago (USA)
10. Oxford University (United Kingdom)

Four Philippine schools made it to the Top 500 this year (based from 2006) and they are:

1. University of the Philippines - ranked no. 299th
2. De La Salle University - ranked no. 392nd
3. Ateneo de Manila University - ranked no. 484th
4. University of Sto. Thomas - ranked no. 500th

To view the complete list, click here.
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