WORLD IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : Government Vows to Protect Marcos

The Philippine government pledged full protection for deposed First Lady Imelda Marcos when she returns home from exile in the United States to face trial for fraud. It said it will not arrest Marcos at Manila airport on her arrival and will wait until she settles down before serving her with a warrant. She faces seven counts of tax fraud for allegedly failing to pay income and estate taxes amounting to $205 million. Marcos plans to return home by Oct. 20 after receiving U.S. assurances that the remains of her late husband, deposed President Ferdinand E. Marcos, will not be buried on American soil in her absence, according to her lawyer Antonio Coronel. The ex-leader’s remains lie in a refrigerated crypt in Hawaii, where he died in 1989.