1.   The reports said that the bandit groups were largely made up of demobilized soldiers.

2.   A bandit group had abducted three men and three women, all Thais, on Sunday as they gathered wild fruit along the Thai side of the border.

3.   He said Sunday he also would ask them not to finance self-proclaimed fund-raisers from Chechnya, warning that their money will only finance bandit groups.

4.   He did not give a casualty figure for the bandit group, which has been responsible for several bombings and kidnappings in the southern Philippines.

5.   He said road repair workers had not previously been targeted by Muslim rebels and bandit groups operating in the area.

6.   His father suffered a heart attack when he learned that Sabaya had joined the bandit group.

7.   Notley said the highway attackers did not appear linked to the bandit group attacked at Dombe.

8.   Several Muslim, communist and bandit groups operate in Bukidnon, but the province is considered of the most peaceful areas on Mindanao, the main southern Philippine island.

9.   Several Muslim, communist and bandit groups operate in Bukidnon but the province is one of the most peaceful areas in the southern Philippines.

10.   The government considers the Abu Sayyaf a mere bandit group.