JOLO, Philippines -- No life vests were available...wooden-hulled Annahada capsized shortly after leaving Jolo, the capital of remote Sulu province, en...searched through the lined-up bodies at Jolo's pier looking for relatives. Two women...

JOLO, Philippines (AP) -- The government and...of Basilan to join in the talks on nearby Jolo Island, where the 21 hostages are being held...had the president's blessing to return to Jolo on Tuesday and hoped to begin formal negotiations...

JOLO, Philippines (AP) -- Explosions tore through...grenades thrown into the busy fish market in Jolo, on the island where the hostages are held...and Abu Sayyaf rebels in the mountains of Jolo island immediately began treating the wounded...

JOLO, Philippines -- Four hostages were killed...fleeing guerrillas. Meanwhile, on neighboring Jolo island, rebel leaders who are holding a separate...country's Muslim minority. Today's clash on Jolo, meanwhile, apparently occurred when the...

...rebels. Navy ships were blockading tiny Jolo island, and the military had no immediate...Telephone and transportation links to Jolo were cut off. Abandoning months of negotiations...condition of anonymity, said by telephone from Jolo that two rebels had been killed and four...

JOLO, Philippines -- Muslim rebels on Saturday released four European tourists...four European tourists were released Saturday to go-betweens at the rebels' Jolo island camp, military helicopters lifted them out of the remote jungle camp...

JOLO, Philippines -- Muslim rebels on Monday freed an ailing German woman who had...to doctors who visited her at the Abu Sayyaf's jungle camp on impoverished Jolo island. Her husband, Werner, and son, Marc, remain captive. ''I said...

JOLO, Philippines -- All 21 hostages kidnapped by Muslim rebels from a diving resort...Malaysian diving resort from where the hostages were abducted April 23 and taken to Jolo, about one hour away by boat in the southern Philippines. The rebels threatened...

...after assaults on the southern island of Jolo, said Brig. Gen. Diomedio Villanueva...and police raided a jungle hide-out on Jolo island. He said sporadic clashes continued...military hospital in the island's capital, Jolo city. Schilling has been held captive...

...government launched a massive military assault on Jolo Island. The other 17 people are still believed...palace in Manila, where they were flown from Jolo. Abu Sayyaf had taken them hostage after the pair came to Jolo to interview other hostages. "It's been...