1.   Last weekend, as government troops closed in on one group, the kidnappers executed four Filipino captives, including a Roman Catholic priest.

2.   Last weekend, as the government troops closed in on one group, the kidnappers executed four Filipino captives, including the priest.

3.   The group had beheaded two Filipino captives earlier this year.

4.   All but an American and a Filipino captive were freed for reportedly huge ransoms.

5.   Several Filipino captives have been freed, some reportedly for ransoms paid by relatives.

6.   The Filipino captives are mostly Basilan coconut plantation workers used as forced labor.

7.   The group was still holding an American and a Filipino captive.

8.   There is no word of the Filipino captive, he said.

9.   A third American hostage had been beheaded along with more than a dozen Filipino captives.

10.   A third American, Guillermo Sobero, was beheaded along with more than a dozen Filipino captives.