GlobalSpin: News and Views From Abroad

GlobalSpin

News & Views from Abroad

Founded 1999

Week of May 21, 2000

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In Focus: Women and the US Military in Southeast Asia Gwyn Kirk, Rachel Cornwell, and Margo Okazawa-Rey

SOURCES

The Philippines' Troubles in the South
	Bomb Blasts Rock Jolo	(BBC)
	The Story Continues: Abu Sayyaf seeks $2m ransom before releasing ailing German.	(The Freeman of the Philippines)
	Philippine Negotiators Meet Hostages for the First Time	(The China Daily)
	Malaysian Diplomats Meet Abu Sayyaf Leaders	(The China Daily)
	A Chronology of the Philippine Rebellion	(The Associated Press)
	German Hostage in Philippines Felt Suicidal	(The China Daily)

Philippine Perspectives on the Crisis
	Why the Fighting in Mindanao? An Opinion Piece from Manila.	(Manila Bulletin)
	The 3 Moro Groups Have a Common Objective. An Opinion Piece from Manila	(The Manila Bulletin)
	Peace in Mindanao	(The Manila Bulletin)

The President's Visit to China
	President Flies on to Shanghai	(The Manila Bulletin)
	Chinese Vice-Premier Meets Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs	(The People's Daily of China)

Other Prespectives
	Confusion in Manila, Advantage on the Battlefield. An Intelligence Analysis from the United States	(Stratfor)
	Hostage Standoff Continues in War Torn and Impoverished Southern Phillipines	(World Socialist Web)

Reflections from the Homefront
	Mindanao: Region in Crisis	(Philippine News Links)
	Letter to Philippine Senators on the Visiting Forces Agreement.	(The Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace)

...and the WTO
	The Philippines and China Conclude WTO Negotiations.	(The China Daily)

The Philippines' Troubles in the South