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US, Filipino forces plan drills near disputed area

By AP News Thu, Jan 19, 2012 6:10PM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine general says U.S. and Filipino marines will hold combat drills at an actual oil rig in the South China Sea to bolster the defense of such facilities from security threats. Lt. Gen. Juancho Sabban, commander of the military’s Western Command, said Thursday the exercises sometime in April or March...

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US, Philippines boost alliance amid row with China

By AP News Wed, Nov 16, 2011 9:10AM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Officials say the United States is helping the Philippines reinforce its weak navy as its longtime Asian ally wrangles with China in increasingly tense territorial disputes. The long-simmering disputes over potentially oil-rich South China Sea islands are expected to top U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s agenda in meetings Wednesday...

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US, Filipino marines hold drill near disputed area

By AP News Sun, Oct 23, 2011 11:00AM UTC View Comments

SAN ANTONIO, Philippines (AP) — More than 200 U.S. and Filipino marines have staged an amphibious assault on a beach as part of a combat drill near a South China Sea shoal disputed by China and the Philippines. U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Craig Timberlake says the exercise Sunday in the coastal town of San Antonio...

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China, Vietnam sign deal to resolve sea dispute

By AP News Wed, Oct 12, 2011 2:09PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — China and Vietnam have signed an agreement aimed at resolving bitter maritime disputes that drove relations between the communist neighbors to their lowest level in years, state media reported Wednesday. The two nations — along with Taiwan, Brunei, Philippines and Malaysia — have competing claims on parts of the South China Sea...

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SE Asia risks China’s ire to discuss sea dispute

By AP News Thu, Sep 22, 2011 3:07PM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines on Thursday convened a regional meeting to study its proposal for settling a tense dispute over South China Sea islands, despite protests by China which claims the entire, potentially oil-rich area as its own. The first such gathering is an attempt by the Philippines, which together with Vietnam has...

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