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| Philippines rebels free hostage | Philippines rebels free hostage |
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| Islamist militants in the Philippines have released one of the three Red Cross staff they had been holding hostage since January. | Islamist militants in the Philippines have released one of the three Red Cross staff they had been holding hostage since January. |
| Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said the Filipina, Mary Jean Lacaba, was now with the Philippine military. | Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said the Filipina, Mary Jean Lacaba, was now with the Philippine military. |
| There has been no word on the condition of two people captured with her, a Swiss and an Italian national. | There has been no word on the condition of two people captured with her, a Swiss and an Italian national. |
| The Abu Sayyaf rebels had threatened to behead one of the hostages if their demands were not met. | The Abu Sayyaf rebels had threatened to behead one of the hostages if their demands were not met. |
| They had demanded that the military stop operations against them. | |
| Sen Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross, said Ms Lacaba was "alive and well" and was being checked by doctors at a camp on the southern island of Jolo, where the hostages had been held. | Sen Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross, said Ms Lacaba was "alive and well" and was being checked by doctors at a camp on the southern island of Jolo, where the hostages had been held. |
| "I'm really very elated. I'm so happy and had a good cry," said Mr Gordon. | "I'm really very elated. I'm so happy and had a good cry," said Mr Gordon. |
| The three workers for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) abducted by gunmen on 15 January after a visit to a local prison where the ICRC is funding a water project. | |
| They have since been held in the jungles of Jolo Island, Mindanao, in the southern Philippines. | |
| Mr Gordon said he had received information that the two other hostages, Italian Eugenio Vagni and Swiss Andreas Notter, were alive, the Associated Press news agency reported. | |
| "I hope we can get the other two," he said. |