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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-13-09 09:46 AM
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Sri Lankan seized in Philippines
Source: BBC

A Sri Lankan peace advocate has been taken from his home by nine armed men in the south of the Philippines.

Omar Jalil, 36, was based in Lamitan on Basilan Island for the nonpartisan group Nonviolent Peaceforce, which has been monitoring the Muslim insurgency.

Militants are holding three teachers and a clerk on Basilan, and three Red Cross workers on nearby Jolo Island.

The kidnap of Mr Jalil was seen as surprising by locals as he was described as a Muslim preacher.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7887537.stm
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