| Authorities in the Philippines say the militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) has halted its training operations on the southern island of Mindanao. It follows a recent statement by Singapore's home affairs minister that JI is using Mindanao as a training base to build a South East Asia terrorist network. The Philippine police intelligence group director, Ismael Rafanan, says JI's training in the south stopped in the middle of last year, and the terrorists have been since on the run. Our reporter in Manila, Shirley Escalante, says security forces continue to conduct air strikes on suspected training camps in the central Mindanao. |