Abu Sayyaf Group

Muslim insurgency in the Philippines: Jolo man

Hope and worry in equal measure(6)

The Philippines: Latin upbeat

A peace dividend in Mindanao(0)

Islamic extremism in the Philippines: Death of a bandit

The Abu Sayyaf's leader is dead. But the Islamic-extremist group may survive(0)

Terrorism in the Philippines: New Abu Sayyaf

The government's old foe gets into bombing(0)

The Philippines: Vote-winning

A convenient bust in the capital(0)

The Philippines: War without end

Conflict has ravaged the southern Philippine island of Mindanao for decades. There is no end in sight(0)

Americans in the Philippines: Back to the jungle

New search for terrorists(0)

The war on terror: When local anger joins global hate

Terrorism in South-East Asia takes a new, and much more worrying, turn(0)

Terror in the shadows

The bomb attacks on the Indonesian island of Bali may have opened up a new front in the war on terrorism, but it is far from clear who the most dangerous militants are in South-East Asia(0)

Terror in South-East Asia: The elusive enemy

The second front in America's war on terror is yielding limited results(0)

Elusive victory

American troops are leaving the Philippines, having spent six months helping Filipino forces battle Abu Sayyaf, a local Islamic terrorist group. But their deployment raised more questions than it answered(0)

Philippines: Americans are going home

The terrorists who got away(0)

The Philippines: How not to rescue hostages

America's military advice didn't do the trick(0)

Hunting terrorists: The South-East Asian connection

Joint exercises involving American and Philippine soldiers have begun in the southern Philippines. They provide evidence of the mounting American interest in South-East Asia as a potential terrorist base(0)

Hunting terrorists: The South-East Asian connection

Joint exercises involving American and Philippine soldiers have begun in the southern Philippines. They provide evidence of the mounting American interest in South-East Asia as a potential terrorist base(0)

Hunting terrorists: The South-East Asian connection

Joint exercises involving American and Philippine soldiers have begun in the southern Philippines. They provide evidence of the mounting American interest in South-East Asia as a potential terrorist base(0)

Terror in the Philippines: Another kind of enemy

Americans go after the kidnappers(0)

Hunting terrorists: The South-East Asian connection

Joint exercises involving American and Philippine soldiers have begun in the southern Philippines. They provide evidence of the mounting American interest in South-East Asia as a potential terrorist base(0)

Hunting terrorists: The South-East Asian connection

Joint exercises involving American and Philippine soldiers are due to start in the southern Philippines this week. They provide evidence of the mounting American interest in South-East Asia as a potential terrorist base(0)

Terrorism in the Philippines: The Jolo conundrum

A surprise attack upsets President Arroyo's peace moves(0)

The Philippines: Sorting out the south

Besides battling kidnapping gangs from Mindanao, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo must also make up for past neglect of the region(0)

Kidnapping in the Philippines: No more ransoms

President Arroyo takes a tough line(0)

Estrada’s risky strategy

The Philippines’ president has launched a military strike against the Abu Sayyaf kidnappers. But force will not solve his other problems in the south(0)

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