U.S. Demands That Rebels Free American

The U.S. demanded the release of an American kidnapped in the Philippines but said it would not pay any ransom or make deals with the Muslim rebels who seized him. A State Department spokesman said U.S. officials had gone to the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga to speak to local officials about the kidnapping of Jeffrey Edwards Craig Schilling of Oakland. He said an emissary of Philippine negotiator Robert Aventajado had reported seeing Schilling, 24, on the southern island of Jolo in the hands of Abu Sayyaf rebels. Meanwhile, six Western hostages freed this week on Jolo were handed over to representatives of their governments in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.