111.  Philippine officials had earlier cast doubt on the involvement of the Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic fundamentalist insurgent group, in the incident.

112.  Philippine military troops on Tuesday prepared to invade an island held by guerrillas of the main Moslem insurgent group in violation of a ceasefire with the government.

113.  Police blamed an insurgent group for the blast.

114.  Police said it could be the work of one of the many insurgent groups active in Manipur, a tiny state bordering Burma.

115.  Rangoon has proposed development aid to border regions dominated by armed ethnic insurgent groups in exchange for ceasefire accords.

116.  Ramos has tried to open peace talks with all insurgent groups and has managed to seal ceasefires with rightist military coup plotters and Moslem insurgents.

117.  Rao told a public meeting in the state of Nagaland, after arriving from New Delhi, that insurgent groups in the region should be ready for unconditional negotiations.

118.  Thai authorities Thursday also sought to distance themselves from the SSA, an anti-Yangon insurgent group often involved in clashes with the UWSA in the border area.

119.  The bombing came amid tight security ahead of Republic Day celebrations on Friday and a threat by an insurgent group to kill members of the state assembly.

120.  The communist leadership has accused President Gloria Arroyo of using US military help in her war on insurgent groups, including the NPA.