51.   American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and Filipina nurse Ediborah Yap are the sole remnants of a kidnapping raid in a western Philippines resort.

52.   American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham of Kansas and Filipina nurse Deborah Yap are being held by the Abu Sayyaf in the southern island of Basilan.

53.   An Italian priest, a US Christian missionary couple and a Filipina nurse are being held by Muslim gunmen elsewhere in the south.

54.   Among the groups that the MILF is accused of sheltering are the Abu Sayyaf Mng an American missionary couple hostage in the southern island of Basilan.

55.   An American Christian missionary couple and a Filipina nurse are currently being held by the Abu Sayyaf on Basilan island.

56.   Allied to the al-Qaeda network of alleged international terrorist Osama bin Laden, Abu Sayyaf guerrillas are holding captive a US Christian missionary couple on the island.

57.   American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and Filipina nurse Deborah Yap have been held for nearly eight months.

58.   Another Abu Sayyaf unit has been holding the US Christian missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham for the past nine months.

59.   Another group called the Abu Sayyaf is still holding an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse elsewhere in the south.

60.   Another Muslim armed group, the Abu Sayyaf, is still holding an American missionary couple and a Filipina nurse in the southern island of Basilan.