TALIPAO, Philippines (AP) -- Muslim extremists today threatened to behead two of their 21 hostages in a mountain hide-out unless...

TALIPAO, Philippines -- Philippine troops found two headless bodies Saturday near the former stronghold of a group of Muslim rebels...

...single bamboo hut. Arlyn de la Cruz said several have diarrhea because of impure drinking water in the mountainous area of Talipao on Sulu island, about 50 miles southwest of Basilan. Officials said the kidnappers are members of the Abu Sayyaf, but no...