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Free Speech Radio News lineup - Thursday, January 19, 2006

THE PHILIPPINES QUESTIONS JOINT FORCES AGREEMENT A Philippine Congressional committee today called for the scrapping of a security pact that allows large-scale military exercises with United States forces within its national territory. The move comes after U.S. officials refused to hand over four American marines accused of rape. Girlie Linao reports from Manila. Philippine legislators say terminating the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement, or VFA, with the United States would allow the government to renegotiate a better deal. The move comes after the U.S. rejected a Philippine request for it to h…