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**yK2VgoEI** · 04-12-2012, 11:50 AM

Philippines deploys second ship in China standoff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...194662/1/.html

MANILA: The Philippines deployed a second vessel to tiny islands in the South China Sea on Thursday in a bid to assert its sovereignty in a territorial standoff with China.

Authorities said a coast guard boat would join the Philippines' biggest warship in the morning at Scarborough Shoal, where two Chinese surveillance vessels were protecting a group of Chinese fishermen from being arrested.

"It will be backing us up in the area," Navy commander Vice-Admiral Alexander Pama said of the 56-metre-long search and rescue coast guard vessel.

PH to confiscate marine life from Chinese fishers

Philippines, China work on compromise to resolve naval standoff in disputed South China sea

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/philippines-china-work-on-compromise-to-resolve-naval-standoff-in-disputed-south-china-sea/2012/04/11/gIQA6CMjBT_story.html

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine and Chinese diplomats scrambled Thursday to find a possible compromise to end a tense naval standoff in the disputed South China Sea that could save face for both sides and ease tensions. Philippine officials proposed an arrangement to break the impasse at the Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines, where a Philippine warship tried to detain Chinese fishing boats but was stopped by two Chinese surveillance craft. The standoff entered a third day Thursday.

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yK2VgoEI Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	Philippines deploys second ship in China standoff http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...194662/1/.html MANILA: The Philippines deployed a second vessel to tiny islands in the South China Sea on Thursday in a bid to assert its sovereignty in a territorial standoff with China. Authorities said a coast guard boat would join the Philippines' biggest warship in the morning at Scarborough Shoal, where two Chinese surveillance vessels were protecting a group of Chinese fishermen from being arrested. "It will be backing us up in the area," Navy commander Vice-Admiral Alexander Pama said of the 56-metre-long search and rescue coast guard vessel. PH to confiscate marine life from Chinese fishers Philippines, China work on compromise to resolve naval standoff in disputed South China sea http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/philippines-china-work-on-compromise-to-resolve-naval-standoff-in-disputed-south-china-sea/2012/04/11/gIQA6CMjBT_story.html MANILA, Philippines — Philippine and Chinese diplomats scrambled Thursday to find a possible compromise to end a tense naval standoff in the disputed South China Sea that could save face for both sides and ease tensions. Philippine officials proposed an arrangement to break the impasse at the Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines, where a Philippine warship tried to detain Chinese fishing boats but was stopped by two Chinese surveillance craft. The standoff entered a third day Thursday.
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