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                    [Title] => Vietnam demands that China remove oil rig
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Vietnam said China has moved an oil rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea, in a possible repeat of a 2014 stand-off between the communist neighbors.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-20 04:19:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1350206 [Title] => US: South China Sea tension 'a little' toned down [Summary] =>

The territorial row between China and its neighbors the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan over the South China Sea has become less intense in the past weeks, the US Department of State said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-25 10:47:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140725/China-disputed-sea.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1347213 [Title] => China ends drilling operations in disputed sea [Summary] =>

China on yesterday was moving a massive oil rig away from waters claimed by Vietnam after announcing the end of operations, a development that should end a tense standoff between the nations in the South China Sea.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-17 03:11:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1226204 [AuthorName] => Chris Brummitt [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346930 [Title] => China moves oil rig out of waters Vietnam claims [Summary] =>

China on Wednesday moved an oil rig out of waters claimed by Hanoi after two months of drilling that triggered a near-breakdown in ties between the neighbors and led to deadly protests in Vietnam.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-16 18:02:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1226204 [AuthorName] => Chris Brummitt [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140716/oil-rig-vietnam-china-south-china-sea.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1342424 [Title] => Amid China spat, Vietnam to build 32 patrol ships [Summary] =>

Vietnam plans to build 32 new coastal patrol vessels, boosting its maritime muscle and surveillance capacities amid an increasingly tense territorial dispute in the South China Sea with its far larger neighbor China.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-04 14:18:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140704/vietnam-coast-guard.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1336648 [Title] => China says moving 2nd rig closer to Vietnam [Summary] =>

China said Thursday it was moving a second oil rig closer to the Vietnamese coast in disputed waters, near where ships from the two countries have been ramming each other in a tense confrontation.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-19 17:30:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140619/china-getting-its-way-oil-rig.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1333583 [Title] => Vietnam urges China to withdraw oil drilling rig [Summary] =>

Vietnam's U.N. ambassador urged China on Tuesday to withdraw its oil rig and more than 100 ships from the South China Sea to create "an environment" for negotiations on the disputed waters.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-11 08:02:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289604 [AuthorName] => Edith M. Lederer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1320728 [Title] => Vietnam: Chinese ships fire water cannons, ram vessels near oil rig [Summary] =>

Chinese ships have been ramming into and firing water cannons at Vietnamese vessels trying to stop Beijing from putting an oil rig in the South China Sea, according to officials and video footage Wednesday, in a dangerous escalation of tensions over waters considered a global flashpoint.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-08 08:31:48 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1226204 [AuthorName] => Chris Brummitt [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/philippinestar/headlines/20140508/Vietnam-South-China-Sea-oil-rig.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1320351 [Title] => Vietnam escalates dispute with China over oil rig [Summary] =>

Vietnam warned China on Tuesday that it would take all necessary measures to defend its interests in the South China Sea if Beijing does not remove a large oil rig from waters claimed by both countries.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-07 08:07:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1308724 [Title] => Crucifixion aborted [Summary] =>

* ABORTED.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135969 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-freeman/opinion/20140404/opinion1.jpg ) ) )
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