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>Libya:
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>News and Views , 28 August, 2000: Libya's Qadhafi Foundation welcomed Sunday
>the release of five hostages being held in the Philippines and said it would
>carry on working to free the rest. "We are very pleased at the release of the
>five hostages", a spokesman for the foundation headed by Seif al-Islam
>Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi said. "We are going to continue our mediation for the
>liberation of the other hostages, and we hope to bring it about soon," the
>spokesman added. [AFP] Monday, 28 August, 2000: Libya's Qadhafi Foundation may
>have achieved only partial success with Sunday's release of five out of 12
>western hostages held by Filipino Muslim separatists, but it pledged to get
>the rest out as soon as possible. "Contacts are continuing for the release of
>the other hostages as soon as possible," said a statement from the foundation.
>The foundation, which has been closely involved in mediation efforts for the
>release of the hostages held in the southern Philippines added in its
>statement that it has "taken the necessary measures to evacuate (the five
>freed hostages) to Tripoli as they make their way back to their homes,"
>without specifying the date of their expected arrival in the Libyan capital.
>[AFP]
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>Monday, 28 August, 2000: The release of five western captives by Muslim
>extremists in the Philippines brought an agonising four-month international
>hostage crisis closer to resolution Sunday -- but the controversy over Libya's
>involvement is just beginning. A portrait of Qadhafi rose triumphantly above
>the heads of five freed hostages as they arrived in the southern city of
>Zamboanga on Sunday. Embarrassed Filipino security officials promptly pounced
>on the man bearing the large picture and hustled him away. "The feeling is
>excellent," Libyan ambassador to Manila Salem Adam said. "The image of our
>leader Qadhafi is held in high esteem." The gunmen still hold seven westerners
>and 17 Filipinos whom they said they would release within a week. [AFP]
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