MANILA, Philippines, May 12, SPA -- President Gloria MacapagalArroyo pardoned nine military officers who apologized afterbeing convicted of a 2003 coup plot, saying Monday that thePhilippines yearns for stability _ not «politicalShenanigans.» Arroyo made the announcement during a nationally televisedceremony marking the oath-taking of new military chief Gen. Alexander Yano, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/555086