World IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : 3,000 Demonstrate Against Base Closing
About 3,000 residents of Olongapo outside the Subic Bay Naval Base demonstrated against the Philippine senators who voted to close the U.S.-run installation. In Manila, President Corazon Aquino appealed to the Senate to give U.S. troops sufficient time to withdraw, saying that a sudden pullout would displace thousands of Filipinos working at Subic and worsen the sufferings of communities around the base. On Sept. 16, the Senate voted 12-11 to reject an agreement under which the United States would keep Subic for 10 more years in return for $203 million a year.
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