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Malaysia blames illegal immigrants for crimes

27th anniversary of Lantawan town

Abu Sayyaf leader captured

Militant groups held protest rallies nationwide as President Gloria Arroyo received support from the National Security Council (NSC) and the opposition and pro-administration senators for the expanded war games between U.S. and Philippine troops in southern Philippines war-one.

Ransom likely to be paid to free hostages

Army launches offensive against kidnappers

Bandits slip through military cordon in Sulu

Kidnappers hand over women to Abu Sayyaf group

Kidnap gang leader killed in shoot-out

Hostage freed after nine months

A television reporter and his cameraman were reported missing after venturing into a rebel-infested town on the southern Philippine island of Sulu, police and military reports said.

The military's Southern Command ordered an investigation yesterday into a grenade attack on a mosque in Mindanao that left one Muslim preacher dead and more than a dozen worshippers wounded, many seriously, an official said.