4 die in shootout as rebels seize Philippine bus

Supposed communist guerrillas seized a traveler bus Wednesday then opened fire on pursuing government military in a running gunbattle that killed at least four people in a region east of Manila. At least five New People's Army rebels commandeer the bus in Quezon province's San Francisco town after failing to show aggression a police station.

At the station, troops repelled the rebels, an army proclamation said. When police learned of the rebel presence in the bus, they gave chase, firing warning shots as the guerrillas sporadically blast at them with rifles and pistols.

"Civilian commuters riding the bus were held prisoner as the socialist terrorists fled from the firefight," the army said. Army troops later joined the pursue, which lasted for about an hour and covered a number of miles (kilometers) through three towns, army and police official said.

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GOP says it'll block bills until tax cuts extended

Senate Republicans endangered Wednesday to block virtually all legislation until failing tax cuts are whole and a bill is passed to fund the federal government, vastly complicate Democratic attempts to leave their own crush on the final days of the post-election parliament.

"While there are other items that might in the end be worthy of the Senate's concentration, we cannot agree to prioritize any matters above the critical issues of financial support the government and prevent a job-killing tax hike," all 42 GOP senators wrote in a letter to preponderance Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. The 42 signatures are more than enough to block action on approximately any item he wishes to advance.

The danger does not apply to a new arms control treaty with Russia that is until, since it would be debated under rules that differ from those that apply to schedule legislation. President Barack Obama has made confirmation of the pact a top priority.

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Claim of China-N.Korea rift questioned

At the same time as the leaked United States delegation cables appear to put forward widening cracks in China's relations with North Korea, analysts here have played down the claims as a amalgamation of wishful accepted wisdom on the part of South Korean diplomat and a misreading of China's wider calculated affiliation with its long-time ally.

More than a few cables released by WikiLeaks quoted South Korean officials suggestive of rising frustration among Chinese officials towards the North's actions — a few even telling Pyongyang as a “spoiled child”.

The cables even propose an increasing appetite in the middle of Chinese officials for nonviolent reunification under South Korean leadership, a claim that contradict China's official line towards the North.

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