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                    [Title] => Troops rescue kidnapped Filipino-Swiss in Zamboanga
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Philippine troops rescued a Filipino businessman of Swiss descent Wednesday as suspected Muslim guerrillas who abducted him two months ago were moving him to a coastal village in the country's south, officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-16 10:17:47 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 581048 [Title] => Ransom for Swiss-born Pinoy down to P20 million [Summary] =>

The kidnappers of a Swiss-born Filipino have reduced their ransom demand but threatened to harm him by cutting off his fingers if the sum is not paid next week, Mayor Celso Lobregat said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 580436 [Title] => Captors of Swiss-born Pinoy send proof of life [Summary] =>

The kidnappers of a 71-year-old Swiss-born Filipino have sent a proof of life and demanded P30-million ransom in exchange for his release, the local crisis management committee revealed yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563888 [Title] => EDITORIAL - No rest for troublemakers [Summary] =>

While everyone was busy with election-related activities, the usual troublemakers in Mindanao struck.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3497/startoonthumb.gif ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563938 [Title] => 'No ransom demand yet for Swiss' [Summary] =>

Two days after Charlie Reith was kidnapped, authorities have yet to receive a ransom demand from any of the suspected groups that might have snatched the 72-year-old Swiss-Filipino businessman.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563897 [Title] => Military tightens pursuit of abductors of Swiss-Filipino businessman [Summary] =>

Philippine military and security forces Tuesday intensified their efforts to rescue a senior Swiss- Filipino businessman abducted by suspected Abu Sayyaf rebels in the southern city of Zamboanga.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-06 22:00:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563643 [Title] => 10 alleged members of MILF, Sayyaf kidnap Swiss national [Summary] =>

Suspected Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) militants in Zamboanga were reportedly responsible for the kidnapping of a Swiss Filipino last Sunday, the military said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563428 [Title] => Armed men kidnap Swiss man in Zamboanga [Summary] =>

Armed men on boats abducted a Swiss man from the beach resort he owned in a southern Philippine city where al-Qaida-linked militants operate, officials said Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-05 12:53:40 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563403 [Title] => Fil-Swiss trader kidnapped in Zambo resort [Summary] =>

Gunmen kidnapped a Filipino-Swiss businessman at a private beach resort on the west coast of this city last night.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 447839 [Title] => Global mobile phone shipments expected to fall 8.3% in 2009 [Summary] =>

SAN FRANCISCO (Xinhua) -- Worldwide mobile phone market in 2009 will be "very rough" with shipments expected to drop 8.3 percent this year, market research company IDC said on Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-13 09:08:37 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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