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        "msgid": "us-hands-over-27m-to-rp-navy-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-11-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "U.S. hands over $2.7m to RP navy",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "U.S. hands over $2.7m to RP navy PHILIPPINES: The United States handed the Philippine navy US$2.7 million worth of guns, patrol boats, radios, ammunition, and medical equipment on Tuesday, as part of a counterterrorism package that includes training for elite units. The U.S. equipment and supplies were presented in a ceremony at a naval base near Manila, navy spokesman Capt. Geronimo Malabanan said.",
        "content": "<p>U.S. hands over $2.7m to RP navy<\/p>\n<p>PHILIPPINES: The United States handed the Philippine navy US$2.7<br>\nmillion worth of guns, patrol boats, radios, ammunition, and<br>\nmedical equipment on Tuesday, as part of a counterterrorism<br>\npackage that includes training for elite units.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. equipment and supplies were presented in a ceremony<br>\nat a naval base near Manila, navy spokesman Capt. Geronimo<br>\nMalabanan said.<\/p>\n<p>Also part of the package was an 11-month naval special<br>\noperations training module, which aims to enhance the capability<br>\nof the Philippine navy's Special Warfare Group, Malabanan said.<\/p>\n<p>He said training began on Sunday at different marine bases.<\/p>\n<p>Navy chief Vice Adm. Ernesto de Leon said the U.S. equipment<br>\nand supplies were vital for fighting local insurgencies -<br>\ncommunist rebels, separatists and al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf<br>\nextremists.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine and U.S. forces have a mutual defense treaty and<br>\nare close allies in the war on terrorism, holding at least 18<br>\nannual joint military drills.<\/p>\n<p>U.S.-backed assaults crippled and displaced the Abu Sayyaf's<br>\nmain faction on southern Basilan island two years ago, forcing<br>\nguerrillas to flee to nearby Jolo and other regions. -- AP<\/p>",
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