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By Honor Blanco Cabie

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Malaysia on Tuesday won a Dutch court case over a $14.9 billion award against the Southeast Asian nation that stems from a 19th century deal with a Philippine sultan.

The verdict is part of a complex legal battle being fought in European courts that is rooted in Malaysia’s colonial

By Rio N. Araja

THOUSANDS of children forced to leave their homes by erupting Mayon Volcano are missing out on school and showing signs of psychological distress in cramped and unsanitary evacuation centers, the Save the Children group past, with territorial claims and potentially billions of dollars worth of state assets at stake.

Descendants of the Sultan of Sulu, who once ruled over the tropical islands that are part of the southern Philippines as well as Sabah in Malaysia, had taken said Tuesday.