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Philippines Says ‘We Have Not Lost’ South China Sea Reef After Pullout

The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a disputed South China Sea reef, two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China. "We have not lost anything," Philippine ...
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