The woman who cried rape was absent, and so were the six American soldiers who were her alleged abusers. But the court drama in the first rape complaint to threaten to put a strain on RP-US relations began in Olongapo City, north of Manila, on Wednesday (Nov 23) with the 22-year-old woman's female lawyers ranged against an all-male defense team. The lawyers sat on opposite sides of the table -- the women dressed in black suits, the men in barong -- exchanging arguments that turned alternately tense and light during the two-hour hearing. Katrina Legarda, lead counsel for the woman,...