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**FILE** Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, Calif., on March 30, 2012. (Associated Press)

Two named in Iran uranium export scheme

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Benigno Aquino, Philippine president, delivers his inaugural speech at Quirino Grandstand in Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Aquino, who rose from political outsider to Philippine president in less than a year, takes office today pledging to fight poverty, narrow the budget deficit and refrain from raising taxes in a nation trailing its neighbors in economic growth and international investment. Photographer: Edwin Tuyay/Bloomberg

PEARSON: Obama’s message for Aquino

By Elaine Pearson

Filipino Christian group protests Lady Gaga shows

By HRVOJE HRANJSKI - Associated Press

Filipino Christian youths flash the thumbs-down signs May 18, 2012, as they chant "Stop the Lady Gaga concerts" during a rally outside the Pasay City Hall in Pasay, Philippines, calling for the cancellation of the singer's May 21-22 concerts. The youths said they are offended by Lady Gaga's music and videos, in particular her song "Judas" which they say mocks Jesus Christ. (Associated Press)

Lady Gaga: Filipino Christian group protests singer’s shows

By Hrvoje Hranjski - Associated Press

Filipino Christian group protests Lady Gaga shows

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Philippine leader backs Sanchez on ‘American Idol’

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this May 10, 2012, file photo released by Fox, Jessica Sanchez poses in Los Angeles. The Philippines' leader is rooting for Sanchez, the 16-year-old American Idol finalist of Filipino and Latino heritage. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker, File)

Jessica Sanchez: Philippine leader Benigno Aquino III backs her on ‘American Idol’

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (right), Philippines' Secretary of National Defense Voltaire Gazmin (left) and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert del Rosario speak at a news conference at the Department of State in Washington in April. The U.S. increased military aid and resolved to help its ally on maritime security. The Philippines is locked in a standoff with China. (Associated Press)

China tensions spur deeper ties between U.S., Philippines

By Matthew Pennington - Associated Press

Then-D.C. Council member Marion Barry (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Barry won’t apologize for comments on Asians, Filipino nurses

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Messenger Barry mauls his message

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

**FILE** Air Force Maj. Richard Buck, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Graig Salt and Navy Capt. Craig Cupp work June 9, 2006, to reconstruct the cleft lip of a 13-year-old girl aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy in Jolo, Philippines. (Courtesy of U.S. Navy)

Navy to send floating hospital to Asia

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Ryu Kum-chol, of North Korea's Committee for Space Technology, says the rocket launch will be a peaceful effort to put a weather-and-research satellite into orbit. (Associated Press)

Defenses brace for launch of North Korean rocket

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A volunteer from the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) pets a pit bull, one of more than 200 rescued from South Korean nationals at a coffee farm lot in San Pablo city, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines, on April 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

Pit bulls in Philippine dog fights to be put down

By Oliver Teves - Associated Press

** FILE ** The Maltese registered cruise ship, Azamara Quest, sails through the Suez canal, Egypt, in this April 30, 2010, file photo from the Red sea toward the Mediterranean sea on its way to Athens. The fire on the Azamara Quest started late Friday, March 30, 2012, a day after the ship left Manila for Sandakan, Malaysia, and was immediately put out, said coast guard spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Algier Ricafrente. (AP Photo/File)

Stricken cruise ship repaired, heading to Malaysia

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AP Enterprise: Philippines using US smart bombs

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

WHO calls for final push against leprosy

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos, a spokesman for the Philippine military, shows a picture of Malaysian Zulkipli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, a top leader of the regional, al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, during a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Quezon City, Philippines, north of Manila. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

Philippines: Most-wanted terror leaders killed

By Hrvoje Hranjski and Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Residents search for victims following a landslide that occurred Jan. 5, 2012, in the small-scale mining community of Pantukan in southern Philippines. (Associated Press/Philippine Army)

Landslide kills 25, buries more in Philippines

By Oliver Teves - Associated Press

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6 Chinese arrested for turtle catch in Philippines

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press