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                    [Title] => China seethes as US missile system stays in Philippines
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                    [Title] => $500-million bonanza in military aid from US
                    [Summary] => Apparently, there’s a huge payback for the Marcos Jr. administration after its magnanimous offer to the Americans last April to use five more Philippine military bases in addition to the previous four.
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