Man holds knife at Arroyo visit site

Man holds knife at Arroyo visit site

PHILIPPINES: Police on Monday arrested a man with a knife as he
tried to scale the wall of a stadium where President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo landed by helicopter, her chief of security
said.

The incident in the central Philippines came amid a national
controversy over Arroyo's decision to let U.S. military forces
train Filipino troops in fighting the Moro Abu Sayyaf guerrillas
linked to Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network.

Arroyo flew into the agricultural town of San Jose in Antique
province, 440 km south of Manila, to commemorate the death
anniversary of an opposition leader assassinated in 1986 during
the last days of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos's rule.

The man, in combat boots and khaki pants of the type worn by
local police, was caught 100 meters from where Arroyo actually
landed, about 20 minutes later, in the middle of the stadium.
--Reuters