The World - News from Dec. 9, 1985
An American and a West German held hostage for more than a year in the southern Philippines arrived in Frankfurt, West Germany, from Manila after being released by separatist rebels. The American, John Robinow, and Helmut Herbst, who said they were free-lance journalists, were abducted by Moro National Liberation Front rebels on Jolo Island, 600 miles southwest of Manila, in November, 1984.
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