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                    [Title] => China building concrete barriers on Mabini Reef
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Despite Philippine protests, China is building concrete sea barriers on a reclaimed area of the Mabini (Johnson South) Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140814/mabini-reef-GEN11.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279292 [Title] => Women, children in RP still at risk of abuse — Amnesty International [Summary] => Women and children in the Philippines continue to be at risk of physical or sexual abuse despite the passage of laws that criminalize acts of violence against them, Amnesty International (AI) said.

In its annual report for 2005, the London-based human rights organization noted that incidents of domestic violence in the country "remained endemic" while children are exposed to maltreatment when they are jailed together with adults in correction facilities.
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