41.   Thirteen members of leftist groups were held by Manila police on Monday after they were caught pasting anti-APEC posters in the center of the Philippine capital.

42.   They left Beijing for the Philippine capital last Friday.

43.   Two Chinese-Filipino women were abducted by heavily armed men in the suburb of Makati near the Philippine capital, newspaper reports said Friday.

44.   Top Philippine police officials briefed foreign diplomats in the Philippine capital Monday following reports that some of the envoys were targetted for kidnap, a foreign department source said.

45.   Two bombs were found in railway stations in the Philippine capital on Wednesday and were defused, police said.

46.   Japan Broadcasting Corp. said Japanese officials were aiming to question the five in the Philippine capital before they leave for Seoul.

47.   Panamanian President Ernesto Perez Balladares arrived in the Philippine capital Monday for a three-day state visit, officials said.

48.   Patrolling Filipino army soldiers shot dead four communist guerrillas in a clash south of the Philippine capital, a military spokesman said Friday.

49.   President Fidel Ramos on Tuesday launched a new growth corridor aimed at spurring economic growth in the Philippine capital and three provinces to the east.

50.   President Fidel Ramos ordered authorities to control an outbreak of cholera in several districts of the Philippine capital, as the disease claimed three lives, newspapers reported Sunday.