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Red Cross Kidnapping
Vagni's long wait for freedom
It's been six months since the Abu Sayyaf's abduction of International Committee of the Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni. Pressure is mounting on the military to secure his release, with just days to go before President Arroyo's State of the Nation Address.
07/11/2009 10:42 PM
Red Cross worker's release imminent: report
Negotiations for the release of Eugenio Vagni continue nearly 6 months since he was taken captive with two other International Committee of the Red Cross workers by the Abu Sayyaf Group in Sulu. ABS-CBN's Ces Drilon reports
07/11/2009 10:38 PM
Vagni's release imminent?
MANILA - More than five months since he was taken captive by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu with two other International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers, negotiations for the release of Eugenio Vagni continue.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 07/11/2009 8:58 PM
ICRC frustrated, upset over Vagni's continued captivity
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday that it has become frustrated and upset as its volunteer, Italian Eugenio Vagni, remains in captivity in Sulu province.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 07/10/2009 5:09 PM
With Vagni proof of life, govt mulls truce vs Abus
Matapos makumpirmang buhay pa ang ICRC volunteer na si Eugenio Vagni, pinag-aaralan na ng pamahalaan ang pagpapatupad ng ceasefire sa Abu Sayyaf. Nagpa-Patrol Gretchen Malalad. TV Patrol Linggo, Hunyo 28, 200906/28/2009 11:34 PM
Pope calls for release of Italian hostage Vagni
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for the release of all those held in conflict zones and in particular an Italian Red Cross worker taken hostage by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines in January.
Agence France-Presse 06/24/2009 11:52 PM
Puno assures Vagni in good condition
ZAMBOANGA CITY - In a visit to to the city Tuesday, Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno has assured that negotiations for the release of Eugenio Vagni are still being conducted.
By Dyborrhae Jewel M. Reyes, ABS-CBN News Zamboanga 06/23/2009 10:47 PM
ICRC ‘worried as ever’ about Vagni
A senior International Committee of the Red Cross official has expressed that the international humanitarian agency remains worried on the condition of one of their staff members who is still captive by the Abu Sayyaf bandit group in Sulu.
abs-cbnNEWS.com 06/21/2009 4:01 PM