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• PHILIPPINES - HOSTAGES Voice of America 29 April 2000 -- In the first rebuke to demands by the Muslim extremists holding the 21 hostages in the southern Philippines, the Philippine Government has rejected a call by the kidnappers for the chief negotiator to be replaced.
• PHILIPPINES HOSTAGE CRISIS Voice of America 29 April 2000 -- Philippine forces have attacked and captured most of a Muslim rebel stronghold but they did not find the 27 hostages who had been held there for nearly six weeks.
• SRI LANKA PRESIDENT Voice of America 29 April 2000 -- Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga says she is always open to peace talks but she says the war with the Tamil Tiger rebels will continue with the use of maximum energy by government forces.
• MANDELA/BURUNDI Voice of America 29 April 2000 -- Former South African president Nelson Mandela was in Burundi Friday for talks on ending the country's ethnic violence.

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