MANILA: Rodrigo Duterte, who was sworn in as Philippine President on Thursday, is known for an acid tongue.

On the campaign trail he made international headlines with inflammatory statements such as calling Pope Francis a "son of a whore" and joking about wanting to rape an Australian missionary woman who was killed in a Davao prison riot.

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