Imelda Marcos Aims for Stunning Philippine Comeback

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MANILA, December 2, 2009 (AFP) - Imelda Marcos launched a bid for a stunning political comeback Wednesday after registering to run for a parliamentary seat in the northern Philippines where her late dictator husband remains a revered figure.More than two decades after a popular revolt sent the Marcos family fleeing into exile, the flamboyant widow with the fetish for fancy shoes will seek to take the lower house seat being vacated by her son in next year's elections.Marcos's spokeswoman Sol Vanzi told AFP the former first lady registered her candidacy late on Tuesday, just before the deadline expired."She filed at the last minute in Ilocos Norte," said Vanzi, a longtime Marcos …