4 Marines Charged With Rape in Philippines
Philippine prosecutors charged four U.S. Marines with rape on Tuesday in a case seen as a test of a bilateral accord allowing American troops to train here. Prosecutor Prudencio Jalandoni alleged in court documents that one of the Marines raped a 22-year-old woman in November inside a van at Subic Bay, a former U.S. naval base northwest of Manila, as fellow Marines cheered him on to the beat of loud music. Full Story