21.   According to Oyo State Police Commissioner Mike Okuo, the unidentified man walked into the headquarters of the state police command in Ibadan late Wednesday to make his confession.

22.   An argument ensued and Goodman, whose hometown was not revealed, punched the mayor, prompting the bodyguard to shoot the American, the police provincial command said.

23.   During his stay in Banda Aceh, Yudhoyono held talks with Governor Abdullah Puteh, other local officials and the heads of the military and police command.

24.   Femi Oyeleye, deputy national police spokesman, told AFP the police national command was still trying to assess the situation.

25.   The police command has often declared the checkpoints mounted by police illegal but has done nothing to dismantle them.

26.   The regional police command earlier announced on local radio that the Bologna-based priest had been recovered and was en route to Manila.

27.   The report of the police provincial command in Zambales to Ramos identified the government employee as Virgilio Limin and the photographer as Eleuterio Encarnacion.

28.   The regional police command had said on local radio monitored in southern Cotabato city that the Bologna-based priest had been recovered and was en route to Manila.

29.   Three men were killed by suspected Moslem extremists in separate incidents in this southern Philippine island province, reports from the regional police command said Thursday.

30.   The unidentified man walked into the headquarters of the Oyo police command in Ibadan to make the confession, state police commissioner Mike Okuo said.