June 24 (UPI) --Benigno Aquino III, a longtime political figure who was president of the Philippines for six years, died of renal disease on Thursday after fighting health problems for more than a ...

MANILA – Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and a defender of good governance who took China's sweeping ...

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Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the former Philippine president who oversaw the fastest period of growth since the 1970s and challenged China’s expansive territorial claims before a United Nations-backed ...

A scion of the country’s most prominent pro-democracy political family, he was celebrated early in his administration for stabilizing the country’s faltering economy. By Seth Mydans and Russell ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Manila — Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, former Philippine President and the son of two of Asia's most prominent democracy icons, has ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and had troublesome ties with China, died Thursday ...

President Benigno Aquino III was sworn in by Associate Justice Conchita Carpio Morales at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila earlier today, June 30, 2010. More than 500,000 Pinoys attended the ...

MANILA – Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and a defender of good governance who took China's sweeping ...

Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos, died Thursday, a cousin and public officials said. He was 61. Former Sen. Bam Aquino said he ...

MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and a defender of good governance who took China’s ...