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	Martes, Ika-25 ng Pebrero (Ika-10 Araw ng Boykot) - Walang Himala! Himagsikan sa EDSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Marcos ng bansa, karga rin ng bapor, dalawang linggo na ang nakakaraan.
		Pinawalang-bisa ng resolusyon ang proklamasyon ng Batasang Pambansa kina Marcos at Tolentino.
		Marcos!" Eleganteng barong Tagalog ang suot ng presidente.
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	Imelda Marcos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Imelda Marcos was instrumental in the opening of Philippine diplomatic relations with China, the Soviet Union and her satellite states in Eastern Europe (Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, etc.), Middle East, Libya, and Cuba.
		In spite of her withdrawal of candidacy, Imelda Marcos finished 9th among 11 candidates vying for the Philippine government's top post.During the administration of President Joseph Estrada, many of the cases filed by the Aquino government were dismissed by Ombudsman Aniano Desierto due to technicalities (lapse of prescriptive period for filing cases).
		The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Imelda_Marcos (1341 words)

	Ferdinand Marcos - MSN Encarta
		Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989), president-dictator of the Republic of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
		Ferdinand Edralin Marcos was born in Sarrat, in the province of Ilocos Norte in northwestern Luzon Island.
		Marcos later claimed to have been a leader of the guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, a claim that he capitalized on throughout his political career.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557463/Ferdinand_Marcos.html (786 words)

	Ferdinand Marcos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was the tenth president of the Philippines, serving from 1965 to 1986.
		Marcos' subsequent claims of being an important leader in the Filipino guerrilla resistance movement were a central factor in his later political success, but U.S. government archives later revealed that he actually played little or no part in anti-Japanese activities during the war.
		Marcos, now free from day-to-day governance (which was left mostly to Enrile), also used his power to settle old scores against old rivals, such as the Lopezes, who were always opposed to the Marcos administration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos (5118 words)

	Ferdinand Marcos killer file
		Imelda Marcos is made governor of Manila and minister of human settlements and ecology.
		Marcos is proclaimed the official winner on 15 February, sparking a rebellion by Defence Minister Enrile, armed forces vice-chief-of-staff Fidel Ramos, and the commander of the Philippine police, who also believe that the vote has been rigged.
		Imelda Marcos refuses to allow his body to be buried, saying that despite the Philippine Government's objections it should be interred at the 'Cemetery of Heroes' (Libingan Ng Mga Bayani) in Manilla.
	www.moreorless.au.com /killers/marcos.html (2347 words)

	Imelda Marcos to launch fashion line - Celebrity News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Imelda Marcos, the flamboyant widow of former Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos, is to launch her line of funky jewelry, clothing and shoes in hopes of attracting younger generation not yet born when Imelda and her family ruled the country for 20 years until their ouster in 1986.
		The first of Marcos’ designs to be shown to the public are accessories and the jewelry and will “not yet” include shoes, her daughter, Imee Marcos, said.
		Imelda Marcos said the items will be inexpensive, costing about $20 to $100, but her daughter said prices and details about the collection are still being completed.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15588375 (391 words)

	Imelda Romualdez Marcos Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Imelda Romualdez Marcos (born 1930) was one of the most influential leaders of the Philippines in the 1970s and early 1980s.
		Imelda Romualdez Marcos was born in 1930 to a prominent family in the Central Visayas in Leyte Province in the Philippine Islands.
		Imelda Marcos lived in exile with her husband in Hawaii until his death in 1989, with the Philippine government demanding compensation for money the Marcos' allegedly stole from the country.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/imelda-romualdez-marcos (847 words)

	Imelda Marcos Biography (Political Relative) — Infoplease.com
		Imelda Marcos was once the 'Steel Butterfly,' the beautiful wife and confidante of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
		Imelda Marcos later returned to the Philippines and, in spite of everything, was elected a legislative representative from her native district of Leyte.
		After the Marcos regime was overthrown in 1986, opposition forces found thousands of pairs of high-fashion shoes in Imelda's closets; the shoes became a symbol of her life of luxury amid the poverty of most Filipinos.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/imeldamarcos.html (303 words)

	SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Imelda documentary opens to packed houses
		Mrs Marcos had earlier won a temporary 20-day injunction against a scheduled screening for journalists and against its wider release on July 7, tearfully arguing that it depicted her in a bad light.
		She successfully petitioned the Makati Regional Trial Court in Manila to ban "Imelda" after the filmmaker had obtained her cooperation for the picture on the basis that the material was intended solely for her master's thesis at Stanford University.
		Imelda, scheduled to premiere in Los Angeles, is expected to have a cast of 12, with eight cast members portraying several roles though the protagonist has yet to be cast.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /112004/imelda.htm (1334 words)

	CNN.com - Imelda Marcos arrest ordered - October 16, 2001
		Marcos has repeatedly denied charges that she and her family amassed any illegal gains during her husband's presidency, saying he was a wealthy man well before taking public office.
		Ferdinand Marcos ruled the Philippines with an iron hand for 20 years until he was finally ousted in the 1986 "people power" revolt and driven into exile.
		Mrs Marcos is perhaps most famous for her massive collection of more than 1,000 shoes discovered in the presidential palace after she and her husband had fled the country.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/10/16/imelda.court (387 words)

	CNN - Imelda Marcos runs for Philippines presidency - Feb. 8, 1998
		Marcos did not say why she couldn't use the money -- estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars -- if she is not elected president, or say how she would share it if she does win.
		Marcos became known around the world for her extravagant shopping during Ferdinand Marcos' 20-year dictatorship, and later for her penchant for shoes.
		Marcos will run against several other candidates in what is expected to be a free-wheeling battle where the main issues are official corruption, rampant crime and the economic crisis gripping the country.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9802/08/philippines.imelda (708 words)

	CNN - Imelda Marcos withdraws from Philippine presidential race - April 29, 1998
		Marcos made no reference to any deal with her rivals when she announced her withdrawal just 13 days before the election.
		Though she had been given no chance of winning, Marcos still commands an estimated 3 percent of the national vote, and her support could spell victory for a candidate in what is seen as a close race.
		Marcos made the announcement outside the government anti-graft court where her son, Ferdinand Jr, was testifying about an alleged secret deal between the government and the Marcoses to share the estimated $540 million kept by the late president in Swiss banks.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9804/29/philippines.marcos/index.html (474 words)

	Sun.Star Breaking News: Imelda Marcos to launch her own jewelry collection (10:30 p.m.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		MANILA -- Former first lady Imelda Marcos, notorious for an extensive shoe collection and eye-popping jewels accrued under her husband's dictatorship, is launching a jewelry collection she "recycled" using castoffs from her old wardrobe.
		Marcos, known for her shopping trips to ritzy shops in New York while the country wallowed in poverty, made the one-of-a-kind pieces from her old accessories and clothes, mixed with newly bought stones and other materials.
		Imelda said the jewelry collection was the idea of her grandson Martin "Borgy" Manotoc, who was directing the photo shot.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2006/11/06/imelda.marcos.to.launch.her.own.jewelry.collection.(10.30.p.m.).html (777 words)

	Imelda Marcos vs. Leona Helmsley @ WWWF Grudge Match
		Unknown to Leona, Imelda has brought with her the deadly Filipino Pigmy Death Hatchet (tm), and while Leona is bending over in pain from the last knee to the midsection, Imelda, with one Swift and Cunning Stroke (tm), cuts off both her feet, therefore making the purchase of shoes a moot point.
		Marcos is a princess: if she want it she'll have it, and damn Cory Aquino, democracy, or a common ex-crim.
		Marcos has faced off against some of the most ruthless shoe-buyers in the world and since she is still buying, I will assume she has heartlessly crushed each and every one.
	www.grudge-match.com /History/imelda-leona.shtml (5717 words)

	Imelda Marcos Posts Bail in Corruption Case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Philippine former first lady Imelda Marcos is headed to court again, after the country's main anti-graft court issued a warrant for her arrest Tuesday.
		Marcos, 72, the widow of president Ferdinand Marcos, posted bail of more than $2,000 and was allowed to go free until her trial.
		Marcos has denied earlier allegations of corruption by her husband while he was in power.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2001-10/a-2001-10-16-2-Imelda.cfm (277 words)

	The Biography Channel - Imelda Marcos Biography
		However, in 1995, Mrs Marcos won election to the House of Representatives, representing the first district in her home province of Leyte.
		During her time as first lady, Mrs Marcos was famed for travelling the world to buy new shoes, whilst millions of Filipinos were living in extreme poverty.
		President Marcos' successor, Corazon Aquino, ordered many of Mrs Marcos' shoes to be put on display as a demonstration of her extravagance.
	www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/127:0/Imelda_Marcos.htm (347 words)

	USATODAY.com - Philippines may auction Marcos' shoes, gowns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Marcos vowed to stop its auction by Christie's in Europe as early as November.
		At the height of her husband's power, Marcos gained notoriety for going on shopping trips to the world's most exclusive boutiques, throwing glitzy parties and ordering lavish beautification projects in the midst of the Philippines' grinding poverty.
		The presidential palace museum displays Imelda Marcos' five locally made pairs of satin shoes, at least two of her gowns, and her bulletproof vest, parasols, paintings, silverware and period pieces of furniture.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-09-29-imelda-marcos_x.htm?csp=34 (445 words)

	Imelda Marcos may run for Manila mayor - World - theage.com.au
		Imelda Marcos, the flamboyant widow of a Philippine dictator who fascinated the world with her huge shoe collection, may make a political comeback and run for mayor of Manila in next year's local elections, her daughter says.
		Although Marcos, 77, has kept a low profile in recent years, she remains popular in Manila's burgeoning shantytowns and has a track record of once serving as governor of the capital that could help her beat any other candidate, said her daughter, Rep. Imee Marcos.
		Aquino had Imelda Marcos' shoes displayed in the presidential palace as a symbol of the former first lady's extravagance.
	www.theage.com.au /news/world/imelda-marcos-may-run-for-manila-mayor/2006/09/05/1157222077816.html (489 words)

	Imelda Marcos stirs a hornet's nest in Manila
		Imelda was at her husband's side while he ruled the Philippines with a grip of iron for 20 years.
		Imelda left behind 1,220 pairs of shoes, 500 gowns and 300 bras, one of which was bullet-proof, in the palace.
		Imelda was convicted of graft and sentenced to 12 years in jail but the Supreme Court reversed the decision in October.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19981210/34455064.html (519 words)

	Philippine Government to Auction Imelda Marcos' Jewelry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		To many people, the flamboyant wife of former President Ferdinand Marcos is best known for the more than 1200 pairs of shoes she left behind in Manila's Malacanang Place when she and her husband fled to Hawaii in 1986.
		Marcos, who lives in the Philippines, has threatened to go to court to block the sale, saying the government has no proof the funds used to purchase the jewels were obtained through corrupt means.
		Marcos and counter-measures by the government have dragged out the legal battle for many years.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-09-14-voa13.cfm (623 words)

	"Future Shoes" by Michael Finley
		In numerous biographies, the Beatles said they feared for their lives at the hands of Ferdinand and Imelda, and that the whole affair was occasioned by the socially ambitious Imelda's desire to be seen with the Beatles.
		Like Nero fiddling while Rome burned to the ground, Imelda Marcos put the delectation of her feet above the empty bellies of the children of the country that looked to her for leadership.
		Besides the 1220 pairs of shoes, Imelda left behind 500 gowns and 300 bras, one of which was bullet-proof.
	mfinley.com /articles/imelda.htm (1348 words)

	Edsa 20/20 — Imelda Marcos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		IN 1986, Imelda Marcos and her family fled the Philippines in disgrace.
		She returned in 1991 after being acquitted in a trial in New York and ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1992 and 1998.
		Imelda's fairy-tale life — and her "Imeldific" excess — continues to fascinate Filipinos.
	pcij.org /edsa20/imelda-marcos.html (100 words)

	Divas - The Site / Political Divas / Vox Populi Imelda Marcos
		A diva is also a survivor - which Imelda truly is - of an impoverished childhood, of unrequited love, a traumatic marriage, a nervous breakdown, a miscarriage, an assassin's knife, a political revolution that drove her to exile, a criminal trial, and the mockery of the world.
		Imelda also insisted on leaving all the dirty dishes in the palace unwashed as they left, so Cory Aquino could take care of it.
		Imelda, as bad as she is, survives with fabulous aplomb, and nary a hair or jewelry out of place!
	www.divasthesite.com /vox_populi_Imelda_Marcos.htm (1550 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Imelda Marcos comes into fashion
		Imee Marcos said her mother's accessories, discovered at flea markets and transformed into jewellery, were "just a visual and tactile reminder of...
		Imelda Marcos was found guilty on corruption charges in the mid-1990s and sentenced to a minimum of 12 years in prison, but the conviction was overturned on appeal.
		Former President Marcos died in Hawaii in 1989, and members of his family, including the former first lady, returned to the Philippines in 1991.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6123228.stm (389 words)

	Imelda
		Imelda is a fascinating documentary about the glamorous wife of Ferdinand Marcos whose power and wealth have insulated her from the suffering of her people.
		Instead of enabling Marcos to tell the world how caring she is, the movie gives her enough rope to hang herself, and she does, again and again.
		Imelda is not just in a league of her own, but in a universe of her own.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/imelda (975 words)

	Graft court finds Imelda Marcos innocent \| PerthNow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Imelda, wearing a purple skirt, long tunic jacket and a silk floral scarf with large jade and diamond earrings, stood quietly clutching a dark green crocodile handbag as the verdict was read to a packed courtroom.
		Imelda faces 10 more corruption cases and dozens of civil suits over billions of dollars in unexplained wealth amassed during her husband's 20-year rule.
		Imelda was found guilty of corruption in 1993 when she was sentenced to up to 24 years for her alleged role in anomalous deals involving the construction of a mass transit system in Manila but that decision was reversed by the Supreme Court in 1998.
	www.news.com.au /perthnow/story/0,21598,20538181-950,00.html (471 words)

	Imelda Marcos documentary steps beyond the shoes
		In the documentary "Imelda," the former first lady of the Philippines recounts a 1972 assassination attempt as TV footage shows a bolo- wielding man rushing toward her on a stage.
		Using family photos, archival footage and one-on-one interviews, "Imelda" paints a portrait of the much-admired and much-despised Philippine figure that is sympathetic, critical and at times surreal.
		The documentary, which was filmed partly in her native southern Philippine province of Leyte in 1998 and 2001, tells the story of the former Imelda Romualdez's upbringing during the Japanese occupation to her rise as politician's wife.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/11/DDGVK5HG2G1.DTL (886 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		One of the richest and most powerful women in the world- she lives today in immaculate splendor in the Phillipines- Imelda Marcos defies description.
		Imelda's intelligence, perseverance, resilience, and guile are evident at every step.
		Her uncanny ability to bend any reality to her own sense of the world is startling- watch for the interview with the juror from her trial in New York.
	www.mdfilmfest.com /2004/filmguide/imelda.html (256 words)

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