11.  He then stormed back into his office at the foreign department.

12.  However, foreign department sources said the Pakistani ambassador went to see the Manila police chief Wednesday morning.

13.  Top Philippine police officials briefed foreign diplomats in the Philippine capital Monday following reports that some of the envoys were targetted for kidnap, a foreign department source said.

14.  It also asked the court to reverse a decision by the foreign department to deny the exiled activist a visa.

15.  She was taken straight to the foreign department building where she was expected to give a press briefing.

16.  South Korea has ruled out talks with gunmen who kidnapped one of its nationals in the southern Philippines this week, the Philippine foreign department said Friday.

17.  The Indonesian and Malaysian foreign ministers arrived in the Philippines Thursday to discuss the fate of renegade Filipino Muslim leader Nur Misuari, the foreign department here said.