"The US on Tuesday gave the green light for the resumption of large-scale joint military exercises with the Philippines four days after a US marine convicted of raping a young Filipino woman was released from a Manila jail.
The release has inflamed nationalist feeling, with critics alleging the Philippine government was in contempt of court by handing 21-year-old Lance Corporal Daniel Smith to the US embassy without the permission of local judicial authorities."
The release has inflamed nationalist feeling, with critics alleging the Philippine government was in contempt of court by handing 21-year-old Lance Corporal Daniel Smith to the US embassy without the permission of local judicial authorities."
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