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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered troops to step up military operations against the Abu Sayyaf, an al Qaeda-linked militant group known for kidnapping and beheading hostages. Full Article at Independent Online

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  1. Muslim militants beheaded a school principal on a remote southern island in the Philippines after holding him for ransom for three weeks, a marine general said Monday. Maj. Full Article at The New York Times

  2. MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Philippine authorities said Monday they found the severed head of a school principal, who was kidnapped three weeks ago by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants. Full Article at United Press International

  3. MANILA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered a "massive manhunt" for those responsible for the beheading of the school principal kidnapped last month in Sulu, southern Philipines. Full Article at Xinhua

  4. The Abu Sayyaf is listed as a terrorist group by the Philippine and US governments, both of whom suspect it has ties to al-Qaeda. Full Article at Al Jazeera

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  1. AMPATUAN, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 06:   Filipino forensic experts stand at the massacre site as they resume digging bodies and evidences on December 6, 2009 in the southern Philippine town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao Province, Philippines. Manila has imposed a military rule in the restive province.
  2. Residents wait for interrogation near their confiscated cellphones at a police camp after they were found during a raid on the Ampatuan political clan's property in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, southern Philippines, December 6, 2009.
  3. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) is welcomed by government officials as she arrives in Manila November 12, 2009 in a bid to deepen defence ties with a country fighting Islamist militants who officials say are now using Iraq-style tactics.

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