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                    [Title] => Vagni back in Italy
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ROME – Freed Italian aid worker Eugenio Vagni returned home to celebrations in his small Tuscan town on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 467211 [Title] => Ambush of Sulu gov a 'normal' occurrence, says bishop [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – The ambush of Sulu Governor Abdulsakur Tan is but a "normal" occurrence especially as the 2010 national elections draw near, a local Church said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-14 12:26:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 459725 [Title] => Military: Kidnappers splinter to make hostage rescue more difficult [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Abu Sayyaf kidnappers holding one of the three Red Cross workers abducted months ago in the southern Philippines have splintered into several groups to make it more difficult for government soldiers to rescue the victim, the military said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-22 00:00:28 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 459438 [Title] => Swiss ICRC worker flies home today [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – Swiss Andreas Notter, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worker who escaped captivity last week from an Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Sulu, will be flying home to Switzerland this night.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-21 10:55:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1271825 [AuthorName] => Dino Maragay [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 459159 [Title] => Troops adding pressure on kidnappers to release last Red Cross hostage [Summary] => MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The Philippine military authorities on Monday said it is further tightening the pressure on the al Qaeda-linked militants who are still holding Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagi in the southern jungles after the safe release of his two colleagues earlier this month. [DatePublished] => 2009-04-20 17:53:42 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 459151 [Title] => Abu Sayaff Group splits into small groups -- DILG chief [Summary] => MANILA,Philippines -- The Abu Sayyaf group, led by Albader Parad, is still holding the remaining International Committee of the Red Cross  worker -- Italian Eugenio Vagni -- and has split into three smaller groups in a bid to break through the security cordon in the hinterlands of Sulu, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno said today. [DatePublished] => 2009-04-20 14:20:42 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 459143 [Title] => Church official appeals to Abu Sayyaf to release remaining ICRC worker [Summary] =>

MANILA,Philippines -- A Church official based in Sulu today reiterated the appeal to the Abu Sayyaf to free the remaining International Committee of the Red Cross worker.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-20 11:55:21 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 458482 [Title] => Kidnappers release second Red Cross worker [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- Kidnappers have released the second of three kidnapped Red Cross workers in Sulu, officials said today.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-18 09:08:39 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 454868 [Title] => Abu Sayyaf threatens anew to behead foreign Red Cross hostages [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- Al Qaeda-linked militants have made new threat to behead a Swiss and an Italian Red Cross hostages in southern Philippines, a day after they released their Filipino colleague some 78 days after abduction.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-04 12:15:09 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 454547 [Title] => 6 soldiers wounded in Sulu landmine blast [Summary] => MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- Six marines were injured today as a military truck hit a landmine on Jolo island, Sulu province, where government troops are mobilized to pressure Abu Sayyaf militants to free International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hostages, a military spokesman said Friday. [DatePublished] => 2009-04-03 15:05:51 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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