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Philippines Fines Chinese Fishermen $102,000 Each for Poaching

A Philippine court on Monday fined nine Chinese fishermen $102,000 each after they were caught with hundreds of sea turtles in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea amid a festering territorial standoff between the two sides. China claims almost all of the South China Sea, believed to be rich with minerals and oil-and-gas deposits. The sea is one of Asia's biggest possible flashpoints. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan also have claims. Philippine police...


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