The Philippines worked Friday to meet the demands of kidnappers holding
a Filipino truck driver, withdrawing a further 11 troops from Iraq. The
Filipino soldiers drove over the border into Kuwait in three vehicles
about 8 p.m., said Lt. Col. Hashem Abdullah, an Iraqi officer at the
border town of Safwan. The troops were seen off by a delegation of U.S.
troops, he said. [more]Pictured above:Filipino
protesters burn a paper American flag condemning what they say is U.S.
meddling in the Filipino overseas worker, Angelo De la Cruz, hostage
crisis in Iraq , during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Manila. [more]
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