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...Noted "That is God's liking. That is probably his destiny." GRACIA BURNHAM, American missionary held captive in the Philippines by Abu Sayyaf guerrillas for a year until her rescue last week, upon hearing of the death of her husband and fellow hostage, Martin...
...search for the gunmen, believed to belong to a Karen insurgent group. PHILIPPINES Rescue Tragedy An attempt by Philippine troops in Zamboanga del Norte to rescue two American hostages held for more than a year by Abu Sayyaf rebels went disastrously wrong, ending in the deaths of missionary Martin Burnham and a Filipina nurse, Adeborah Yap, and the wounding of Burnham's wife Gracia. Last month the rebels, who had beheaded another American hostage a year ago, had warned that they would kill the hostages if troops came too close. AUSTRALIA No to Kyoto A day after Japan became...
...reward of up to $5 million for the capture of the Muslim extremist group's leaders. Weeks after the rebel organization grabbed the hostages from a holiday resort on the southern Palawan island, they beheaded one of the captives, Guillermo Sobero. They are still holding missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham. One Abu Sayyaf leader, Abu Sabaya, responded that the bounty gave the group more stature. THE U.S. Condemnation According to a report by Amnesty International, America's war on terror is threatening basic human rights to such an extent that in some categories the country is on a par with...
...country music to serious acting by squinting his eyes and brandishing a large gun as Raoul, the most diabolical and least developed of the three theives. Forest Whitaker provides one of the few bright spots in an otherwise anemic cast, searching for depth in the character of the conflicted Burnham, the only thief whom writer Koepp seems to have bothered to provide with a sense of real humanity. Stewart, a young actress who looks disturbingly identical to a young Foster, also does an excellent job in her cinematic debut as Foster’s diabetic daughter Sarah...
...band of local thugs than a worldwide terrorism threat. Still, the group's brutal record of kidnapping--and beheading--foreigners as well as Filipinos (close to 100 murdered since 1991) makes it a legitimate target. The fact that Abu Sayyaf still holds hostage U.S. missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham, said Rumsfeld, only "adds a dimension to our interest...