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Palestinian team qualifies for Asian Cup

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the Upper house diplomacy and Defense committee session in Tokyo Thursday, May 29, 2014. China’s moves to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea are giving fresh impetus to a Japanese push to play a bigger role in regional security, adding to the growing strains between the two Asian rivals. Japan said this week it is exploring whether it can accelerate a proposal to supply patrol boats for Vietnam, following a tense standoff at sea in May over a Chinese oil rig moved into waters that Vietnam also claims. In a similar deal, Japan agreed in December to lend 18.7 billion yen ($183 million) to the Philippines to purchase 10 Japanese-made boats. The vessels are a tangible sign of Abe’s effort to deepen ties with Southeast Asia in the face of China’s expanding maritime ambitions. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Amid Asian feuds, Japan seeks bigger security role

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Protesters are blocked by police as they attempt to hold a rally closer to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines Tuesday, May 27, 2014, to protest the recent agreement between the Philippine and U.S. militaries known as the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Civil society groups, including two former senators, who voted to reject the presence of U.S. military bases and its troops in 1991, filed a petition at the Supreme Court on Monday questioning the legality of the new security agreement, which was signed during the state visit by President Barack Obama in late April. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Philippines insists US military accord is legal

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Philippine court urged to block US defense pact

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Hawaii pol visits Philippines for typhoon relief

By SAM EIFLING - Associated Press

U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, gestures prior to the session on &quot;Security Outlook&quot; in the ongoing World Economic Forum on East Asia Friday, May 23, 2014 at the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. Locklear warns that the &quot;risk of miscalculation&quot; that could trigger a wider conflict in a tense territorial standoff between China and Vietnam is high and urged both nations to exercise restraint. Locklear also said Friday that the Asian neighbors should resolve their territorial conflicts on the basis of international law.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

US commander warns about China-Vietnam standoff

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who at 56 is one of the younger members of the College of Cardinals, has been at the forefront of the Vatican's sex-abuse scandal reform efforts for decades, to help older clergy who could not fully comprehend the crisis, he said. (andrew harnik/the washington times)

Archbishop of Manila has been at forefront of sex-abuse scandal reforms

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Feb. 25, 2014 by surveillance planes and released Thursday, May 15, 2014, by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, a Chinese vessel, top center, is used to expand structures and land on the Johnson Reef, called Mabini by the Philippines and Chigua by China, at the Spratly Islands at South China Sea, Philippines. The Philippines has protested China's reclamation of land in the disputed reef in the South China Sea that can be used to build an airstrip or an offshore military base in the increasingly volatile region, the country's top diplomat and other officials said Wednesday, May 14, 2014. The white arrow was added by the source. (AP Photo/Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs)

Philippines releases photos of Chinese reclamation

By OLIVER TEVES - Associated Press

"The President sits with President Xi Jinping of China on an inscribed redwood park bench at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The two leaders spent two days in bilateral talks at Sunnylands."
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Inside China: No Friends for Beijing

By Miles Yu

Gen. Fang Fenghui, chief of the general staff of China's People's Liberation Army, salutes while visiting the USS Coronado Tuesday in San Diego. (associated press)

Chinese general: Pivot causing havoc in region

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 7, 2012 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, CNOOC 981, the first deep-water drilling rig developed in China, is pictured at 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Hong Kong in the South China Sea. Vietnam warned China on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, that it would take all necessary measures to defend its interests in the South China Sea if Beijing does not remove the large oil rig from waters claimed by both countries. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jin Liangkuai, File) NO SALES

Vietnam: Chinese ships ram vessels near oil rig

By CHRIS BRUMMITT - Associated Press

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Protesters shout slogans as they picket the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to coincide with the opening ceremony of the joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise dubbed Balikatan 2014, Monday, May 5, 2014 at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. More than 5,000 U.S. and Filipino troops have begun two weeks of military exercises to flex their muscle in jointly dealing with potential crisis in the Philippines, which is prone to natural disasters and has been locked in a dangerous standoff with China over a disputed shoal. This year's war games focuses on maritime security. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

U.S., Filipino troops begin large military drill

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press