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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T09:38:19.000Z",
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    "Newsbreak",
    "Armed Forces of the Philippines",
    "Balikatan exercise",
    "maritime security",
    "military exercises in Asia",
    "Philippine military",
    "Philippines-Australia relations",
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  "textContent": "With a war in the Gulf and the subsequent oil crisis it’s triggered, it’s all systems go for the largest iteration of yearly military drills that now involve five other nations",
  "title": "Balikatan 2026: 17,000 troops in ‘biggest’ edition of PH-US war games yet"
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