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        "id": 1504204,
        "msgid": "former-us-hostage-testifies-in-rp-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-07-30 00:00:00",
        "title": "Former U.S. hostage testifies in RP",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Former U.S. hostage testifies in RP PHILIPPINES: An American missionary kidnapped and held for more than a year by Moro militants in the Philippines testified against her suspected former captors on Thursday in an emotional return to the country.",
        "content": "<p>Former U.S. hostage testifies in RP<\/p>\n<p>PHILIPPINES: An American missionary kidnapped and held for more<br>\nthan a year by Moro militants in the Philippines testified<br>\nagainst her suspected former captors on Thursday in an emotional<br>\nreturn to the country.<\/p>\n<p>Gracia Burnham, whose husband Martin died in a rescue attempt<br>\nby troops in June 2002, identified 6 out of 8 suspected members<br>\nof the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group as having taken part in<br>\nthe kidnapping of 3 Americans and 17 Filipinos from a beach<br>\nresort in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Separated from the suspects by a thin wall in a court at a<br>\nManila police base, Burnham was composed but came close to tears<br>\nas she recounted the death of her husband, lawyers said. The<br>\nother American, Guillermo Sobero, was among several hostages<br>\nbeheaded by the militants.<\/p>\n<p>\"Gracia gave a very smooth narration of her ordeal. It was the<br>\nstrongest corroborative evidence,\" state prosecutor Aristotle<br>\nReyes, told reporters, who were barred from the court.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have a very strong case.\" -- Reuters<\/p>",
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