21.   Misuari told a citizens forum in this southern Philippine city.

22.   Muslim separatists have threatened to launch attacks against Philippine cities in retaliation for a military offensive in the southern Philippines.

23.   Municipal employees will begin receiving hazard pay in Zamboanga City, an important southern Philippine city, following a series of terrorist attacks, the acting mayor said Wednesday.

24.   Police killed a security guard who tried to kidnap a Japanese consultant of a Filipino cement firm in this southern Philippine city early Saturday.

25.   The airline said the service, dubbed the Ilocos Express, will provide the fastest travel from Hawaii to the Ilocos region and other northern Philippine cities and provinces.

26.   The Philippine Airlines also suspended flights between Manila and seven northern and central Philippine cities.

27.   The rebels had earlier threatened to attack southern Philippine cities and behead Schilling if troops launched an attack.

28.   The rebels had threatened to attack southern Philippine cities and to behead Schilling if there was a military assault.

29.   Thousands of transport workers struck Monday in key southern Philippine cities to protest fuel price increases, paralyzing business and forcing schools to close, police said.

30.   Thousands of public transport drivers joined a one-day strike Tuesday in Manila and several other key Philippine cities demanding a rollback of recent fuel price increases.