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The government is open to suspending the military offensive against the Abu Sayyaf if they decide to resume negotiations for the release of Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said yesterday.

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Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni is being closely guarded by the Abu Sayyaf in an undisclosed place in Sulu, a US military officer helping in the rescue attempt revealed yesterday.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Security forces have tightened their grip on the area where the Abu Sayyaf bandit group is known to be holding Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni hostage in the jungle near Indanan, Sulu.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Government troops yesterday attacked a jungle stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf holding an Italian Red Cross worker hostage, leaving six bandits and two soldiers dead, the military said.

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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government today rejected a demand to withdraw security forces from most areas of southern Jolo island despite the Abu Sayyaf militants' threat to behead the three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers being held hostages there.

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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The government today rejected the demand by the Abu Sayyaf to withdraw security forces from Sulu even with the militants’ threat to behead the three kidnapped International Committee of the Red Cross workers if the authorities fail to meet their demand by next Tuesday.

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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- Abu Sayyaf militants threatened to behead the three kidnapped employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sulu unless the military withdraws its ground forces and abandons all rescue operations, a top government official said today.

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The government is open to suspending the military offensive against the Abu Sayyaf if they decide to resume negotiations for the release of Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said yesterday.

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Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni is being closely guarded by the Abu Sayyaf in an undisclosed place in Sulu, a US military officer helping in the rescue attempt revealed yesterday.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Security forces have tightened their grip on the area where the Abu Sayyaf bandit group is known to be holding Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni hostage in the jungle near Indanan, Sulu.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Government troops yesterday attacked a jungle stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf holding an Italian Red Cross worker hostage, leaving six bandits and two soldiers dead, the military said.

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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government today rejected a demand to withdraw security forces from most areas of southern Jolo island despite the Abu Sayyaf militants' threat to behead the three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers being held hostages there.

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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The government today rejected the demand by the Abu Sayyaf to withdraw security forces from Sulu even with the militants’ threat to behead the three kidnapped International Committee of the Red Cross workers if the authorities fail to meet their demand by next Tuesday.

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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- Abu Sayyaf militants threatened to behead the three kidnapped employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sulu unless the military withdraws its ground forces and abandons all rescue operations, a top government official said today.

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