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This developed as Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado batted for clearer
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Meanwhile, Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora ruled out any immediate
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon Jr.
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Abu Escobar told The Associated Press that the guerrillas are willing to
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Those conditions are still being discussed among Abu Sayyaf leaders, he told
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Meanwhile, Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora ruled out any immediate
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Abu Escobar told The Associated Press that the guerrillas are willing to
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but her freedom depends on the government meeting certain conditions.

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Islamic Conference wants to help in hostage talks

June 1, 2000 - 12:00am

A top official of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is coming to Manila to help resolve the long-drawn hostage crisis in Sulu. This developed as Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado batted for clearer government...

Headlines

Sayyaf to release ailing German

May 17, 2000 - 12:00am

Muslim rebels holding 21 Asian and Western hostages have agreed to make the first topic of negotiations the freedom for an ailing German woman, an Abu Sayyaf leader said yesterday. Abu Escobar told The Associated...

Headlines

Who's going to pay for the Urban Bank 'massacre', et cetera?

By Matt Wolf | May 11, 2000 - 12:00am

You'd think that when a bank collapses there would be loud outcries of anger from its major depositors -- but the eerie silence from some of those badly "burned" by the meltdown and closure of Urban Bank can...

Opinion