On January 13, 3006, a Philippine judge ordered the arrest of four U.S. marines accused of raping a 22-year-old Filipina, a request that the U.S. Embassy rejected. Immediately after ordering the arrest, the judge said that the Philippine government would seek custody of the marines through "diplomatic means." Later he said the Philippine government must exhaust diplomatic means to obtain custody of the marines, and that the "strong arm of the law" was not yet necessary ? [more]