Kidnappers make ransom demand<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Armed raiders who kidnapped six foreign workers from
\na Malaysian resort on Borneo this week have made a demand for an
\nundisclosed ransom to secure the release of their hostages, local
\nmedia reported Saturday.<\/p>\n
An unidentified person, believed to be a local speaking in
\nMalay, used a cellular phone to contact the police, the resort
\noperator and the family of one of the hostages after the tiny
\nriverside Borneo Paradise Resort in eastern Sabah state was hit
\nby the band of 10 gunmen last Sunday.<\/p>\n
Malaysian police chief Norian Mai confirmed the ransom demand.
\n"There has been contact for ransom of the hostages," he was
\nquoted as saying by the New Straits Times. He declined to comment
\nfurther.<\/p>\n
Police had earlier said the kidnapping of the three Indonesian
\nand three Filipino workers was carried out by local criminals or
\n"pirates" who may have had foreign help. -- AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAl-Qaeda may have sought anthrax
\nJP\/2\/HIGH<\/p>\n
Al-Qaeda may have sought anthrax<\/p>\n
THE UNITED STATES: Operatives linked to the al-Qaeda network
\nmay have been working to acquire anthrax in Southeast Asia for
\nuse in terrorist attacks, a U.S. official said Friday.<\/p>\n
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the
\nU.S. government had indications of an anthrax effort in that
\nregion but declined to describe them. It was not clear how
\nadvanced the work might have been.<\/p>\n
The CBS television channel first reported Thursday that
\nHambali, a senior operative who was the link between al-Qaeda and
\nits affiliate in Southeast Asia, described to interrogators al-
\nQaeda's renewed anthrax work.<\/p>\n
Al-Qaeda's interest in anthrax as a weapon is long known, but
\nofficials say they have not found any links to the October 2001
\nanthrax mailings in the U.S. Traces of anthrax were found in labs
\nin Afghanistan after U.S.-backed Afghan forces removed the
\nTaliban from power in late 2001, U.S. officials have said. -- AP<\/p>",
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