21.   Italian Embassy spokesman Andreas Ferarese said the other Italian priests in Mindanao would not be recalled despite the abduction.

22.   Kidnapped Italian priest released after six months, Philippine military says.

23.   Last year, two Italian priests were killed after speaking out against military atrocities.

24.   Many Italians run businesses there and scores of Italian priests and nuns are missionaries there.

25.   Meanwhile, the rebel chieftain commanding the insurgency promised Tuesday to free an Italian missionary priest but denied knowing about two other clerics allegedly kidnapped by his fighters.

26.   Meanwhile, the rebel chieftain commanding the insurgency promises to free an Italian missionary priest but denies knowing about two other clerics allegedly kidnapped by his fighters.

27.   President Joseph Estrada announced Monday that an abducted Italian priest has been freed unharmed by kidnappers in the southern Philippines after more than two months of captivity.

28.   Soldiers killed six suspected members of a gang holding a kidnapped Italian priest in a clash in a remote southern village, officials said Tuesday.

29.   The Abu Sayyaf is believed to have been responsible for the kidnapping of Italian priest Luciano Benedetti, who was abducted in September and freed last month.

30.   The captives include two people from Hong Kong, a Malaysian, an Italian missionary priest and a Taiwanese woman.