GUIUAN, Samar - Tens of thousands of people on the eastern Philippine island of Samar  returned home on Saturday after a tsunami alert was lifted following a 7.6 magnitude undersea quake, as local authorities began work to repair damages to public infrastructure.

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RAROTONGA  - The United States will expand security partnerships across the Pacific as it strengthens ties with island nations that sit at the intersection of vast maritime resources and key shipping routes, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

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(Updated 7:00 a.m.) At least 127 aftershocks were recorded in the first few hours after a magnitude-7.6 quake jolted Eastern Visayas Friday night but the aftershocks may last weeks, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Saturday.

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NEW YORK  - Stocks and the euro rose on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke kept the door open for future monetary easing, although he offered no clear signal of imminent action that markets had hoped for in a much-anticipated speech.

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At least 75 families were affected while P1 million was destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area in Caloocan City Friday afternoon.

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