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Philippine Soldiers Rescue Hostage; Abu Sayyaf Suspected

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Philippine soldiers Saturday rescued one of two Filipino cargo ship crewmen taken captive two days ago by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants, a security official said. The troops recovered Aurelio Agacac, the ship captain, in the remote village of Basakan in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, said Colonel Juvymax Uy, commander of the military’s 104th Brigade and Joint Task Force Basilan. The kidnappers took Agacac and his companion Laurencio Tiro captive from a cargo ship off...

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