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                    [Title] => PNP arrests militant in American beheading
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Philippine police have arrested a militant suspected of involvement in the beheading of an American tourist by the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group 11 years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-23 16:28:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172118 [Title] => Sobero DNA results due [Summary] => Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are bringing this week the results of DNA tests on the remains of American Guillermo Sobero whom the Abu Sayyaf beheaded in June last year.

The test results will pave the way for the filing of murder charges against the extremist group for the killing of Sobero, said a police official who requested anonymity.

Probers, the official said, have been waiting for So—bero’s death certificate to file the case.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 140266 [Title] => Sayyaf releases 7 Filipino hostages [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Abu Sayyaf terrorists freed seven hostages, three of them women, as the rebels tried to elude 7,000 government troops hot on their trail in Basilan. [DatePublished] => 2001-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 137807 [Title] => Captured Abu Sayyaf youth: Sobero begged for his life [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – American Guillermo Sobero cried and begged for his life as his executioner was about to behead him in the jungles of Basilan, a captured Abu Sayyaf member said yesterday.

Basit Balahim, alias Leklek Tuballa, 16, said the blindfolded Sobero cried, "No, no, please, I beg you!" as he was told to kneel on the rocky ground with his hands tied behind his back.

Basit smiled as he described the gruesome murder to reporters in detail.
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Ito ang senaryong ikinuwento ng isang teenager na kasama sa apat na bandidong naaresto sa Basilan nitong nakaraang Linggo at kabilang sa nagsagawa ng pagdukot kay Sobero at sa iba pang bihag noong nakaraang Mayo 27.
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This was confirmed by the US Embassy yesterday, putting a macabre end to the months-long search for one of three American captives kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf extremist group from an upscale resort in Palawan last May 27.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 136191 [Title] => US seeks own forensic test on ‘Sobero’ remains [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – The US government wants its own experts to conduct forensic tests on recently discovered skeletal remains to determine if they belong to an American kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf bandits, a top military official said yesterday.

Marine Col. Frank Gudani, Armed Forces Southern Command deputy commander for operations, said several US Embassy officials flew to this city Monday to examine the remains, believed to be those of Guillermo Sobero.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 136103 [Title] => One week needed to confirm ‘Sobero remains’ [Summary] => It will take at least a week to confirm whether recently discovered skeletal remains in Basilan are those of an American hostage whom Abu Sayyaf bandits claim they killed on June 11, according to National Security Adviser Roilo Golez.

Golez made the assessment as the military announced that 21 Abu Sayyaf bandits have been killed while 17 government troopers were wounded in fierce fighting that erupted in Basilan over the weekend.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 136143 [Title] => Bungo ni Sobero natagpuan na [Summary] => Matapos ang apat na araw simula nang marekober ang sinasabing kalansay ng umano'y pinugutang si Peruvian-American hostage ng mga bandidong Abu Sayyaf ay natagpuan na rin ang bungo nito sa Puno Ulagayan, Basilan Peak kahapon ng umaga.
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                    [Title] => PNP arrests militant in American beheading
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Philippine police have arrested a militant suspected of involvement in the beheading of an American tourist by the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group 11 years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-23 16:28:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172118 [Title] => Sobero DNA results due [Summary] => Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are bringing this week the results of DNA tests on the remains of American Guillermo Sobero whom the Abu Sayyaf beheaded in June last year.

The test results will pave the way for the filing of murder charges against the extremist group for the killing of Sobero, said a police official who requested anonymity.

Probers, the official said, have been waiting for So—bero’s death certificate to file the case.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 140266 [Title] => Sayyaf releases 7 Filipino hostages [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Abu Sayyaf terrorists freed seven hostages, three of them women, as the rebels tried to elude 7,000 government troops hot on their trail in Basilan. [DatePublished] => 2001-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 137807 [Title] => Captured Abu Sayyaf youth: Sobero begged for his life [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – American Guillermo Sobero cried and begged for his life as his executioner was about to behead him in the jungles of Basilan, a captured Abu Sayyaf member said yesterday.

Basit Balahim, alias Leklek Tuballa, 16, said the blindfolded Sobero cried, "No, no, please, I beg you!" as he was told to kneel on the rocky ground with his hands tied behind his back.

Basit smiled as he described the gruesome murder to reporters in detail.
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Ito ang senaryong ikinuwento ng isang teenager na kasama sa apat na bandidong naaresto sa Basilan nitong nakaraang Linggo at kabilang sa nagsagawa ng pagdukot kay Sobero at sa iba pang bihag noong nakaraang Mayo 27.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 136482 [Title] => US tests confirm Sobero is dead [Summary] => The skeletal remains found in the wilderness of Basilan last week belong to Guillermo Sobero.

This was confirmed by the US Embassy yesterday, putting a macabre end to the months-long search for one of three American captives kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf extremist group from an upscale resort in Palawan last May 27.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 136191 [Title] => US seeks own forensic test on ‘Sobero’ remains [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY – The US government wants its own experts to conduct forensic tests on recently discovered skeletal remains to determine if they belong to an American kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf bandits, a top military official said yesterday.

Marine Col. Frank Gudani, Armed Forces Southern Command deputy commander for operations, said several US Embassy officials flew to this city Monday to examine the remains, believed to be those of Guillermo Sobero.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 136103 [Title] => One week needed to confirm ‘Sobero remains’ [Summary] => It will take at least a week to confirm whether recently discovered skeletal remains in Basilan are those of an American hostage whom Abu Sayyaf bandits claim they killed on June 11, according to National Security Adviser Roilo Golez.

Golez made the assessment as the military announced that 21 Abu Sayyaf bandits have been killed while 17 government troopers were wounded in fierce fighting that erupted in Basilan over the weekend.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 136143 [Title] => Bungo ni Sobero natagpuan na [Summary] => Matapos ang apat na araw simula nang marekober ang sinasabing kalansay ng umano'y pinugutang si Peruvian-American hostage ng mga bandidong Abu Sayyaf ay natagpuan na rin ang bungo nito sa Puno Ulagayan, Basilan Peak kahapon ng umaga.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 135958 [Title] => 15 Sayyaf rebs killed in Basilan clash [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Fifteen Abu Sayyaf guerrillas were killed yesterday while 10 soldiers were wounded in a fierce firefight in Basilan, military officials said. Fighting erupted shortly before noon when police and military forces were alerted by reports that Abu Sayyaf gunmen who attacked Basilan’s capital of Isabela last Thursday had holed up in Balatanay village, about seven kilometers to the west and bordering the town of Lantawan. [DatePublished] => 2001-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )

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