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- Thai cannabis-championing tycoon takes office as PM
- Philippines to work more closely with US amid regional challenges
- French couple kept panther that roamed nearby rooftops
- Sotto files bill to amend party-list system
- Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles Surigao del Sur
- Escudero subpoenaes 10 DPWH contractors for Senate probe next week
- 'Perfect storm': UK fishermen reel from octopus invasion
- Vietnam marks 80th independence anniversary with huge parade
- Mexican drug lord faces life in prison after pleading guilty in US court
