Philippine Rebels
Dec 6 2007, Maynard

After six years of seeking justice for the 2001 kidnapping of an American missionary couple and 18 others killing five of them in southern Philippines, 14 members of the Abu Sayyaf group have been convicted by the local court for life...

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