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One of the 21 mostly foreign hostages being held in the Philippines has finally been freed, after two months.

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The Muslim separatist group Abu Sayyaf announced the release as authorities pointed a blaming finger at that nation's largest Muslim guerilla group for a wave of bombs which killed one person and injured 37 others. That's according to the Philippine government's chief negotiator, Robert Aventajado, who says Abu Sayyaf calls the release "a gesture of goodwill.

Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the group the government is blaming for Saturday's deadly bombs in the Southern Philippines, are both fighting to establish an independent Islamic state. Saturday's bombs exploded at p. Bombs went off at three commercial banks, a shopping mall, a commercial building, and a college.

The explosions killed a woman waiting for a ride in front of a bank, and injured 37 other people. The Philippine government is emphasizing that there is no connection between the two events Saturday involving the two Muslim separatist groups. The government's chief negotiator in the hostage saga, Robert Aventajado, told Reuters that Malaysian forest ranger Zulkarnain Hashim was set free by Abu Sayyaf rebels as a goodwill gesture.

Hashim was taken by government emissaries from the southern island of Jolo and brought to Zamboanga, the nearest big city, and then flown to Manila, he said. The rebels brought the hostages in April to the southern Philippine island of Jolo, an hour away from the diving resort. The government has said it will not pay any ransom or give more than limited autonomy to Moslem-majority areas in the south.

But privately, many officials have admitted that some ransom may have to be paid.

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Presidential Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora has said that negotiators would offer the Abu Sayyaf government projects instead of ransom. The release of the Malaysian was the biggest break so far in the two-month hostage crisis that has brought international attention to the Philippines. The negotiations appeared to have soured two weeks ago after the rebels separated their Caucasian captives from the Asians because of fears of a military rescue operation.