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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he was giving notice to the United States JK Scott Packers Jersey , his country's long-standing ally, that joint exercises of Filipino and American troops next week will be the last such drills.


He told the Filipino community in Hanoi late Wednesday night that he will maintain the military alliance with the U.S. because of the countries' 1951 defense treaty. But added next week's exercises will proceed only because he did not want to embarrass his defense secretary.


Duterte said during a two-day visit to meet Vietnam's leaders that he wants to establish new trade and commercial alliances with China and Russia, and that the war games were something Beijing does not want.


""I would serve notice to you now that this will be the last military exercise,"" he said. ""Jointly, Philippines-US, the last one.""


""I will maintain the military alliance because there is an RP-US pact which our countries signed in the early '50s,"" he said, referring to the Republic of the Philippines. ""I will establish new alliances for trade and commerce and you are scheduled to hold war games again, which China does not want.""


Duterte has had an uneasy relationship with the United States since he won a presidential election in May. He says he is charting a foreign policy not dependent on the U.S. Marquez Valdes-Scantling Packers Jersey , and has taken steps to revive ties with China.


He has said he wants U.S. military forces out of the southern Philippines and blamed America for inflaming local Muslim insurgencies there.


Duterte has said he was considering acquiring military equipment from Russia and China.

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CANBERRA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes has been farewelled by more than 5,000 people at an emotional funeral service in his hometown of Macksville in New South Wales on Wednesday.


The service, which was televised and broadcast nationally, paid tribute to the popular batsman who was described as a "one of a kind" and "as loyal as they come."


Australian captain Michael Clarke choked back tears as he delivered an emotional eulogy to his former teammate, while Hughes ' best friend, his brother, sister and cousin, and Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland J'Mon Moore Packers Jersey , also honored his gregarious personality and gentle nature.


Hughes, 25, died on Thursday last week after being struck on the head by a cricket ball in an interstate match two days earlier.


The funeral was watched by many more people at live screenings at the Sydney Cricket Groung, Adelaide Oval, Blundstone Arena, the Gabba, the WACA Ground and Melbourne's Federation Square.


Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Opposition leader Bill Shorten, as well as the entire Australian Test team and the Australian women's team, attended the service.


Former Australian captains Mark Taylor and Ricky Ponting were also in attendance Oren Burks Packers Jersey , while former international greats such as New Zealander Sir Richard Hadlee and West Indian Brian Lara made the trip to country New South Wales, halfway between Brisbane and Sydney, to farewell the budding batsman.


His brother, Jason, father, Gregory, cricketers Clarke, Aaron Finch and Tom Cooper and friends Corey Ireland, Mitchell Lonergan and Matthew Day acted as pallbearers Brett Hundley Jersey , with Hughes's coffin led out of the service by a guard of honor and through the streets of Macksville.


In the midst of the service, Australian captain Michael Clarke choked back tears as he spoke of his "little brother."


Clarke, who was also a close friend of Hughes', reminisced about the times the pair spent playing cricket together and said Hughes, from this day onwards, would always be with him when he was in the middle.


"This truly must be what they call 'the spirit of cricket.' We must cherish it, we must learn from it, we must dig in and get through to tea and we must play on.


"So rest in peace my little brother, I'll see you out in the middle."