US Tourist Killed; German Rescued from NPA: Military
Philippine troops on Thursday rescued a German seriously wounded in a suspected communist insurgent ambush but the body of his foreign companion has not been recovered, military officials said. Siegfried Whitman, 78, was picked up by an air force helicopter a day after he and his friend, Bryan Smith, were ambushed while trekking towards Pinatubo volcano in the northern Philippines, military officials said. Full Story