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Friday, December 07, 2007 (Philippines)
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| Handcuffed members of the extremist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) wait for their promulgation at a Philippine court at suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Thursday. Fourteen ASG bandits were sentenced Thursday to life in prison and ordered to pay damages to the victims. (AP photo) |
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MANILA –- Fourteen Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits were convicted by a special court for the high-profile abductions of American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham and 18 others at the posh Dos Palmas resort in Palawan in 2001.
Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 69 Judge Lorifel Pahimna issued the guilty verdict Thursday morning.
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