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Philippines backs out as 2019 Sea games host due to terror threat
The Philippines has withdrawn its plan to host the Southeast Asian Games in 2019 due to terrorism threat that continues to hang over the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines.
Sat Jul 22 2017