Iraq hostage 'moved to place to die'

Insurgents holding a Filipino truck driver hostage said today that he was still alive, but had been moved to the place where he was to be killed if the Philippines did not agree to remove their troops from Iraq, according to a video on the pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera.

The Philippines government said today that the kidnappers had extended the deadline hanging over Angelo dela Cruz until Tuesday night. The deadline had expired late Sunday.