Manila in legal challenge to China

Military muscle: a Chinese destroyer

AP/XINHUA

Steve Marshall

 22 January 2013 10:49 GMT

The Philippines is seeking a United Nations legal ruling to challenge China’s claim to potentially oil-rich waters of the South China Sea in the latest round of the long-running territorial dispute between countries in the region.

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