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is taking a toll on the hostages |
Malaysian diving
instructor Ken Tong reads a magazine article about the hostage situation at the Abu Sayyaf
rebel hideout in Patikul on Jolo Island in the southern Philippines May 23. REUTERS |
A South African couple, Carel and
Monique Strydom, read letters brought by an emissary on Thursday |
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| The hostages are being held in a
fortified jungle camp |
Hostages on
Jolo island pleaded with the Philippines government to halt military operations in the
area |
After
overruning the Abu Sayyef's camp in Puno Mahaje, the military was unable to find the
hostages rebels had held captive there |
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| Hostages Risto Vahanen, left, and
Seppo Franti from Finland make a list of food items they received from an emissary on
Thursday |
Nurisah, daughter of
Lance Corporal Abdul Jawah Salawat in tears after hearing news that no hostages had
been released after rumous on Friday. NSTpic |
Government troopers
rush to secure the airport here in Jolo prior to the arrival May 22, 2000 in southern
Philippines of Government negotiator Robert Aventajado for formal talks with Muslim
kidnappers still holding the 21 foreign hostages abducted from Sipadan resort island in
Malaysia. AP |
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| Weakened German tourist Renate
Wallert (center, back to camera) lies on a makeshift stretcher as she is surrounded by her
family and fellow hostages at a rebel hideout on Jolo Island in the southern Philippines
Sunday. The hostages are from left, front; South African Monique Strydom, Lebanese Marie
Moarbes, Renate Wallert, her son Marc Wallert and husband Werner Gunter Kort, all from
Germany. In the background are Finnish hostages Mirco Jahanen Risto (L) and Juhani Sappo
Franti. The Philippines said Monday the rebels might soon free Renate Wallert in a
potential breakthrough in the 16-day kidnapping ordeal. ( Cheng Ordonez/Reuters) |
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| Officials and
relatives remain concerned about hostage Renate Wallert's deteriorating health. |
The hostages sit in
the rebel jungle camp on Sunday. The hostages are from left rear, Louresia Dablo of the
Philippines, unidentified, unidentified, Roland Ullah of the Philippines, unidentified,
unidentified, Ken Fong Yin, from M'sia, unidentified, unidentified: foreground from left,
Sonia Wending from France, Marc Wallert of Germany, Stephane Loisy from France, Marie
Moarbes from Lebanon, Risto Mirko Jahanen from Finland, Seppo Franti from Finland, Monique
Strydom from South Africa, and Carel Strydom from South Africa. AP |
Troopers stand guard near the area
believed to be the Abu Sayyaf camp where 21 foreign hostages are being kept in Talipao,
Sulu province of the southern Philippines - CNN.com |
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| Malaysian diving instructor Ken Tong
(L) talks to reporters at the kidnappers' hideout on Jolo island in the southern
Philippines on May 1. Three journalists from international news organisations were allowed
by the fundamentalist Abu Sayyaf group to accompany a Filipino medical doctor to see their
21 captives after their abduction from Sipadan resort island on April 23. Reuters |
Philippine
government soldiers cover the body of their colleague who died during fighting against the
Abu Sayyaf group in Jolo island May 2. A military report said there was an encounter with
the army and the Abu Sayyaf group near the hut where the 21 hostages taken captive from
Malaysia's Sipadan island where being held. REUTERS |
Hostages who were kidnapped by the
Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf sit in a a cage-like clearing fenced off with tree branches
on Jolo Island in the southern Philippines Saturday, May 6, 2000. The hostages--two French
citizens, three Germans, two South Africans, two Finns, one Lebanese, nine Malaysians and
two Filipinos--were kidnapped from a Malaysian diving resort two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Jim
Gomez) |
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