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| DATE | 2016-09-06 |
| FROM | ruben
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout-NYLXS] strange but true
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He didn't know that calling someone the son of a whore, whether it is
true or not, could be viewed as a personal attack.
> US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a "son of a whore".
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> Mr Duterte was responding to the US president's promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at their meeting.
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> US aides later confirmed Mr Obama would meet South Korea's president instead.
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> Mr Duterte has now issued a statement saying he regrets that the comment came across as a personal attack.
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> "While the immediate cause was my strong comments to certain press questions that elicited concern and distress, we also regret that it came across as a personal attack on the US President," the statement said.
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> Both presidents are among leaders gathering for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Laos.
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