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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo confirmed the analysis of Texas-based think tank, Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor), that she will be criticised for allowing the entry of U.S. troops in the war zones in Mindanao.

A Muslim doctor has denied that she paid about $400,000 (P20m) ransom to the Abu Sayyaf for the release of two teenaged hostages who were abducted from a resort in Palawan, southwestern Philippines.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she was pleased with the release of two hostages who were abducted by the Abu Sayyaf from a resort in Palawan in May.