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Philippines seeks quick ruling on suit with China

By Jim Gomez
Published June 18, 2014 11:54am ET
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Philippines seeks quick ruling on suit with China
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2014 file photo taken by surveillance planes and released May 15 by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, a Chinese vessel, top center, is used to expand structures and land on the Johnson Reef, called Mabini by the Philippines and Chigua by China, at the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, Philippines. The Philippines wants an international tribunal to issue a decision as quickly as it can on a Manila complaint that questions the legality of China's massive territorial claims in the South China Sea because the disputes continue to escalate. Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said late Tuesday, June 17 that the Philippines would ask its lawyers to petition the Arbitral Tribunal in the Hague, the Netherlands, to issue an earlier ruling after China said it would not get involved in the case, which should shorten the arbitration proceedings. (AP Photo/Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, File) | Uncredited

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines wants an international tribunal to issue a decision as quickly as it can on a Manila complaint that questions the legality of China’s massive South China Sea claims because the disputes continue to escalate.

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