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3rd Philippine senator arrested in corruption case

By Teresa Cerojano
Published July 4, 2014 12:26pm ET
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3rd Philippine senator arrested in corruption case
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, second left, is helped to a waiting ambulance after undergoing processing at the Philippine National Police upon his surrender on corruption charges Friday, July 4, 2014 at Camp Crame at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Enrile, 90, surrendered Friday to face a charge of large-scale corruption, the most prominent of three top politicians to fall in a government anti-graft crackdown in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) | Bullit Marquez

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine senator and dictatorship-era defense chief surrendered Friday to face a charge of large-scale corruption, the most prominent of three top politicians snared in the government’s crackdown on graft in recent weeks.

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