MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine opposition leaders prayed on Thursday for a political miracle to remove President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from power, turning to street protests and text messages to keep their bid to unseat her alive.
A Congress committee dominated by Arroyo's allies and boycotted by the opposition rejected impeachment complaints against her on Wednesday, leaving the opposition clinging to slim hopes of winning a vote in the lower house of Congress next week.
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