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Vietnam urges strong anti-China stance at Asia forum
Aug 05, 2017 08:37Vietnam urged other Southeast Asian nations to take a stronger stand against Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea, as a tense regional security forum began Saturday with North Korea also under fire over its nuclear program.
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Philippine mayor, 14 others killed in drugs raid
Jul 30, 2017 16:36Police in the southern Philippines say they fatally shot 15 people, including a city mayor who was among the politicians President Rodrigo Duterte publicly linked to illegal drugs, in the bloodiest assault so far in Duterte's anti-drug crackdown.
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Duterte threatens to bomb ‘empty’ tribal schools
Jul 28, 2017 12:33In an attempt to clarify a recent threat to bomb tribal schools on a Philippine southern island, President Rodrigo Duterte said the airstrikes would only be carried out when the schools are unoccupied.
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Philippine Congress votes for extending martial law
Jul 22, 2017 12:07The Philippine Congress on Saturday voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in the south until the end of the year to defeat extremist gunmen.
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Filipino president says will never visit 'lousy America'
Jul 21, 2017 12:59Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would never ever set foot in the United States, which he described as a "lousy" country.
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Philippines nabs 44 suspects in kidnapping case
Jul 20, 2017 08:44Forty four Chinese and Malaysian suspects have been detained in the Philippines over the kidnapping and beating of a Singaporean woman abducted at a Manila casino, authorities said Thursday.
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Philippine president asks Congress to extend martial law in south
Jul 18, 2017 04:44Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the parliament to extend martial law on the southern island of Mindanao, which has witnessed deadly fighting between army forces and Daesh-affiliated terrorists controlling a major city there.
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Philippines’ top court upholds Duterte’s martial law
Jul 04, 2017 04:19The Philippines’ top court has upheld President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in the southern third of the country, dismissing petitions to nullify it.
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Philippine military declares Eid truce in war-torn city
Jun 25, 2017 03:53The Philippines’ military has declared a short ceasefire in the southern, Muslim-majority city of Marawi, where government forces are fighting Daesh terrorists.
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Gunmen raid school in southern Philippines, withdraw later
Jun 21, 2017 09:53Gunmen have raided a school in a town in the southern Philippines but later withdrew, according to police and officials.