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Filipino soldiers stop shooting to watch Manny Pacquiao beat Miguel Cotto
The Philippines was brought to a standstill as the country celebrated Manny Pacquiao's victory over Miguel Cotto.
After winning the WBO welterweight title in the early hours of this morning, Pacquiao was hailed as "an inspiration to Filipino youth" by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who also sent her congratulations.
"I hope we can all learn from his example so that, together, we can also move forward as a nation," Arroyo said in a statement read by her spokesman, Cerge Remonde.
In the strife-torn southern part of the country, troops fighting Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants silenced their guns to watch from the trenches.
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Filipinos erupted in wild cheers and thunderous applause in cinemas, bars, restaurants and crowded neighbourhoods across the Philippines as Pacquiao collected the title with a 12th-round stoppage of the Puerto Rican champion.
The victory enhanced Pacquiao's reputation as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and earned him a seventh title in an unprecedented seventh weight class.
From: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6917588.ece
Inf act crimes stops in all his fights now. It happen in the De La Hoya fight and the Hatton fight also.
Filipino soldiers stop shooting to watch Manny Pacquiao beat Miguel Cotto
The Philippines was brought to a standstill as the country celebrated Manny Pacquiao's victory over Miguel Cotto.
After winning the WBO welterweight title in the early hours of this morning, Pacquiao was hailed as "an inspiration to Filipino youth" by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who also sent her congratulations.
"I hope we can all learn from his example so that, together, we can also move forward as a nation," Arroyo said in a statement read by her spokesman, Cerge Remonde.
In the strife-torn southern part of the country, troops fighting Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants silenced their guns to watch from the trenches.
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Filipinos erupted in wild cheers and thunderous applause in cinemas, bars, restaurants and crowded neighbourhoods across the Philippines as Pacquiao collected the title with a 12th-round stoppage of the Puerto Rican champion.
The victory enhanced Pacquiao's reputation as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and earned him a seventh title in an unprecedented seventh weight class.
From: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6917588.ece
Inf act crimes stops in all his fights now. It happen in the De La Hoya fight and the Hatton fight also.