This file handout photo, taken on January 19, 2013 and released on January 20, 2013 by the Philippine Western Command (WESCOM), shows an aerial shot of US Navy minesweeper, the USS Guardian, as it remains trapped on the Tubbataha reef after it ran aground on the western Philippine island of Palawan. AFP PHOTO
This file handout photo, taken on January 19, 2013 and released on January 20, 2013 by the Philippine Western Command (WESCOM), shows an aerial shot of US Navy minesweeper, the USS Guardian, as it remains trapped on the Tubbataha reef after it ran aground on the western Philippine island of Palawan. AFP PHOTO

The United States has paid nearly $2 million compensation to the Philippines for the damage a US warship caused to a protected reef, Manila said Wednesday.

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