21.   Philippine police officials accuse Al-Ghozi of traveling to Singapore in October to help prepare the bombing plans.

22.   Philippine police officials said Yousef was discovered to be in Manila last January after a police raid on an apartment following a mysterious fire.

23.   Philippine police planned to announce the identities of the foreigners on Monday.

24.   Philippine police were hunting for a Belgian, another foreigner and a number of Filipinos belonging to the syndicates, Byers said.

25.   Philippine police are escalating their war of words against drug dealers.

26.   Philippine police are investigating a bomb threat at the U.S. Embassy in Manila, but believe there is little cause for alarm, Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado said Thursday.

27.   Police Supt. Napoleon de los Santos said the Philippine police, army and U.S. military staff were searching for the missing man.

28.   A man long wanted in Taiwan on charges of attempted murder and illegal firearms possession has been arrested by Philippine police, an officer said Wednesday.

29.   A Philippine police official said the arrests were made in hideouts where the syndicates had been producing counterfeit credit cards for years.

30.   A Philippine police intelligence report said Tuesday that the hostages had been taken on two fishing boats to the Sulu province islands, about one hour away from Sipadan.