21.   The seven flew to Singapore, where they boarded a plane bound for the Philippine capital, Manila, a Singapore Airlines official said on condition of anonymity.

22.   The third leg will be held in the Philippine capital, Manila, next Sunday.

23.   In the Philippine capital, heavily armed police watched over a dragon dance and wushu exhibition in a public square because of recent kidnappings of Filipino-Chinese.

24.   In the Philippine capital Clinton also attended the fourth annua summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

25.   A councilor in the Philippine capital wants advertisements for underwear banned because they allegedly incite rape and other sex crimes, newspapers reported here Tuesday.

26.   A British national was shot dead in an ambush outside a plush condominium in a suburb of the Philippine capital, police said here Tuesday.

27.   A Chinese fugitive wanted for allegedly embezzling two million dollars has been arrested in the Philippine capital, police said here Friday.

28.   A man wanted for murder and three counts of gun-smuggling in Taiwan was arrested in the Philippine capital Wednesday, immigration commissioner Edgar Mendoza said.

29.   A Russian engineer was killed and two local women injured when a dump truck smashed into their car in the Philippine capital, newspapers reported Saturday.

30.   A strong earthquake rocked Mindoro Island south of the Philippine capital before dawn Tuesday, causing several injuries and extensive damage, local officials and radio reports said.