1.   Three hundred northern Philippine tribesmen danced and chanted Wednesday to urge the repeal of a law that they say opens their ancestral lands to exploitation by miners.

2.   Yemen faces off against northern tribesmen.

3.   Northern Yemeni tribesmen have released three Dutch hostages they kidnapped two months ago, a Yemeni leader told AFP Saturday.

4.   On Tuesday northern tribesmen ransacked the commerce ministry, carrying off everything from official documents to carpets and lamps, witnesses said.