Philippine Kills Wanted Abu Sayyaf Militant

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Philippine troops clashed with Abu Sayyaf gunmen in a southern coastal village and killed a long-wanted militant who helped in the 2001 kidnapping of three American and 17 Filipino tourists and the takeover of a hospital, the military said.Abdukarim Sali was killed in a clash with troops and police in Lower Mangas village on Basilan island's Lantawan township-a stronghold of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf, regional military commander Lt Gen Benjamin Dolorfino said on Sept 19.