Residents queue up for relief food in New Bataan town of Compostela Valley Province, the Philippines, on Dec. 6, 2012. Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III vowed Thursday to come up with a new system and mechanism on how to minimize casualties whenever a natural calamity hits the country. Aquino made the statement when he expressed disappointment on the huge number of fatalities and missing persons due to Typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo) that hit southern Philippines badly. [Xinhua]

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