DATE=5/10/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=HOSTAGE TALKS FAIL - S
NUMBER=2-262173
BYLINE=AMY BICKERS
DATELINE=MANILA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
Eds: This updates the CR 2-262170
INTRO: Negotiators in the Philippines failed
Wednesday to convince Muslim rebels to free two
ailing Europeans, who are among 21 captives being
held in the south of the country. Amy Bickers
reports from Manila, on the developments in the
more than two week old hostage crisis.
TEXT: Islamic separatists and negotiators for
the Philippines government did not agree on terms
for the release of two sick captives held deep in
the jungles of remote Jolo Island. It was the
first direct contact between the two sides in the
18-day hostage crisis.
Worries over Germany's Renate Wallert and
Stephane Loisy of France are mounting. Doctor
Nelsa Amin, who saw them last weekend, says they
are both in serious condition, one with
hypertension and the other with a suspected
urinary tract infection. On Wednesday she tried
to convince the rebels to let her examine the
hostages again, but they refused.
The negotiations were held in an undisclosed
venue on Jolo island one-thousand kilometers
south of Manila. (SIGNED)
NEB/HK/AB/JO
10-May-2000 07:06 AM EDT (10-May-2000 1106 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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