FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1986 file photo, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, with his wife Imelda at his side, gestures from the balcony of the Malacanang Palace after taking the oath of office. Hours later, Marcos resigned and fled to the U.S. Air Force's Clark Air Base, 50 miles northwest of Manila, as he prepared to accept an American offer to fly him out of the Philippines. On Feb. 25, 1986, the Philippines was a country that appeared to be on the edge of chaos or civil war with some of the same fear and uncertainty now spreading across the Arab world. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)