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Palace defends use of US drones in PH Aug 17th 2013, 00:22 MANILA, Philippines—While a mayor rejected the basing of United States drones in his city, Malacañang on Friday defended the use in the country of the unmanned aerial vehicle in "special cases."   Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte declined to comment on the rejection by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of the US government's request to use the city's old airport as a base for the launch of drones.   "I am not very cognizant of what went on in that particular conversation," Valte said in a news briefing.   But otherwise, Valte said the Philippines and the United States shared intelligence information gathered by the drones i... Keep on reading: Palace defends use of US drones in PH Media files: abigail-valte.jpg (image/jpeg)

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