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(CBS/AP) MANILA, Philippines – Philippine disaster officials were shifting Friday from rescue work to a massive clean-up of the capital following nonstop rains that left tons of muck and debris from floods littering the city. The torrential monsoon rains that began Sunday left at least 60 people dead in the worst flooding in Manila since 2009. More than half of the sprawling metropolis of 12 million was submerged at the peak of the floods, and schools and offices closed for days. About 2.4 million people in Manila and nearby provinces have been affected, forcing more than 360,000 to seek shelter in government-run evacuation centers, the Office of Civil Defense reported Friday. The sun was out for 놀이터 사이트 a second day Friday, and residents were hard at work fixing disheveled homes and stores in flood-hit communities that resembled a wasteland covered with mounds of mud-caked garbage. “It’s really an eyesore when we saw it from the helicopter,” said civil defense chief Benito Ramos. “There will be no more rescue. It’s now ‘Operation Cleanup.”‘ He said soldiers will be mobilized to help local authorities collect the debris that have clogged streets and waterways. Some of the displaced in still-crowded evacuation centers have begun to trickle back to their communities, where floodwaters have subsided, Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said. Reservists will be assigned to help repack relief supplies for people...

(CBS News) WASHINGTON – Amid warnings that the Syrian military appears to be “lining up” for a “massacre” in Aleppo – the war-torn nation’s most populous city – the U.S. government says President Bashar Assad’s isolated regime is literally running out of cash to keep up the fight. Officials at the U.S. Treasury and State Departments tell CBS News that Syria is having problems finding a source to print its currency. That could make it harder for the regime to continue functioning as Assad’s government burns through the state’s central bank reserves. Assad is estimated to have spent about half of Syria’s sovereign wealth fund – essentially the nation’s piggybank. It was estimated to be worth $5 billion just two years ago. European Union sanctions – coordinated with the U.S. – have made it difficult for Syria to find new trading and banking partners. This is one of the financial tools that the U.S. is wielding. For Syrians who escaped, agony of absence and prayers for justiceSyria rebels defiant ahead of Aleppo battle Unilateral economic sanctions against Syria and 26 key members of the Assad regime were tightened again last week by the United States. Still, sanctions are a blunt tool in a de facto financial war on Syria; the cost of living has skyrocketed not just for the Syrian regime, but also the Syrian civilians who support the...