US at Center of Chinese-Filipino Naval Dispute

China has sent a third ship into the territorial waters of the Philippines after Filipino warships attempted to arrest the crews of a Chinese fishing fleet and were stopped by the arrival of two Chinese surveillance ships. This latest nautical standoff arises from...

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UN: 613 Iraqi Civilians Killed in 2012

The UN special envoy for Iraq, Martin Kobler, told the UN Security Council that terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in Iraq killed a total of 613 civilians in the first three months of 2012. "This is slightly less than civilian casualties last year," Kobler...

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