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Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno answers a reporter's questions in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Sereno refused to respond to President Benigno Aquino III's comments on Thursday or his previous criticisms of the court's June 30 ruling declaring his government's enforcement of a major economic stimulus program partly unconstitutional. Aquino said the Supreme Court meddles too much in political issues, reiterating his openness to amend the constitution to clip judiciary power. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Philippine leader: Supreme Court meddling too much

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Train guards gather at the site of an elevated commuter train known as Metro Rail Transit or MRT after it overshot its tracks and derailed at the end station Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, injuring dozens in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. Senior Superintendent Florencio Ortilla, who heads the Pasay city police, said the train toppled concrete posts, spraying debris and damaging cars in the crowded intersection. Hernando Cabrera, spokesman of the agency that operates the train system, said the train had a
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Philippine train rolls onto busy street, hurts 34

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FILE - In this Friday, June 20, 2014 file photo, a Philippine police officer escorts Abu Sayyaf extremist group leader Khair Mundos, right, after his arraignment at courts inside a police camp in Taguig City, south of Manila, Philippines. The captured Abu Sayyaf commander has told investigators that a top Southeast Asian terror suspect, who the military reported was killed in a U.S.-backed airstrike two years ago, is alive and being harbored by a hardline Muslim rebel group in the southern Philippines, a confidential police report said. (AP Photo/Mark Cristino)
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Arrested Filipino militant: Terror suspect alive

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A Filipino drives his motorcycle despite low visibility caused by heavy rains along a promenade at Manila's bay, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Philippine officials say Typhoon Halong has worsened monsoon rains, flooding northern villages, but is too far off at sea to hit the country as it blows toward southern Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Monsoon rains flood farms in northern Philippines

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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration rights activist and self-declared undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas becomes emotional as he testifies about comprehensive immigration reform during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. An autobiographical documentary by one of America's best known illegal immigrants has opened an independent film festival in his home country, the Philippines, to applause, laughter and tears. Vargas' mother received a certificate of recognition on his behalf at the 10th Cinemalaya film festival in Manila on Friday night, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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US immigration activist’s movie premiers in Manila

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FILE - In this July 5, 2014 file photo, Pope Francis smiles as he arrives to give a mass in Campobasso, Italy, during his one day trip to the southern Italian region of Molise. The Vatican confirmed Tuesday, July 29 the dates for Pope Francis' second trip to Asia, a weeklong visit Jan. 12-19 to Sri Lanka and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
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Pope to visit Sri Lanka, Philippines Jan. 12-19

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Protesters dance around the burning effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a rally near the House of Representatives to coincide with his State of the Nation Address Monday, July 28, 2014 at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Aquino is expected to tackle in his address, the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program, the allocation of funds or savings by the Government to finance various programs or projects which is under the discretion of the President and was declared in part as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Philippine leader: Not even a bomb can stop reform

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Philippines welcomes its 100 millionth citizen
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Philippines welcomes its 100 millionth citizen

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File- In this July 15, 2014 file photo, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, talks to World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim during their meeting at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in suburban Manila, Philippines. Twenty-eight people, including prominent activists and a retired Catholic bishop, filed an impeachment complaint Monday, July 21, 2014, against Philippine President Benigno Aquino III for his implementation of a major economic stimulus program that the Supreme Court has declared partly unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
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Philippine leader hit with impeachment complaint

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FILE - In this July 14, 2014 file photo, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III walks to interact with his guests following his address to the nation in a live broadcast from the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines. The Philippine president, a known smoker, has signed a law that requires tobacco companies to put scary health warnings on cigarette packs in a country where tens of thousands of people die every year from tobacco-linked diseases. President Aquino's spokesman, Herminio Coloma Jr., said Sunday, July 20, 2014 that the Philippine leader signed the law
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Smoking Philippine leader OKs cigarette warnings

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