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By Vijay Joshi, Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News
Tue, 09/06/2016 - 6:22am

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday over his "son of a bitch" remark while referring to President Barack Obama, in a rare display of contrition by a politician whose wide arc of profanities has unabashedly targeted world figures including the pope

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