Philippines worried over ailing Italian Red Cross worker held by al-Qaida-linked gunmenMANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government has deployed more troops to help secure the release of an ailing Italian aid worker held by al-Qaida-linked militants, officials said Sunday, after two other hostages walked free from months of harsh jungle captivity. Hostage captain arrives to cheers in Vt. small town welcome, thanks Navy SEAL ’superheroes’Pirate hostage captain gets small town welcome UNDERHILL, Vt. — A small Vermont town welcomed home its hero, an unassuming shipping captain who many have lauded for helping his crew survive a high-seas, international hostage drama off the coast of Somalia. Kidnapped Swiss Red Cross worker freed in Philippines, Italian man still held by militantsMANILA, Philippines — A Swiss Red Cross worker was freed Saturday after three months of captivity in a Philippine jungle, but al-Qaida-linked militants were still holding an Italian hostage who is ill and needs surgery, officials said. |