Philippine group frees aid worker

One of three aid workers held in captivity for two months by the Abu Sayyaf group in the southern Philippines has been freed, officials say.Government officials picked up Mary Jean Lacaba, a Philippine engineer, in a remote village on Jolo island on Thursday after her captors told them where to find her. Gilberto Teodoro, the Philippines defence secretary, said that Lacaba was now with the vice-governor of Jolo at a military base on the island.Andreas Notter, a Swiss national, and Eugenio Vagni, an Italian, are both still being held.The two, as well as Lacaba, are staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)."I'm really very elated. I'm so happy and had a good cry," Senator Richard Gordon, head of the Philippine Red Cross, said.He also urged the hostage-takers not to harm the remaining captives."I'm appealing to them not to harm them and I also appeal to the military also to take it slowly and let's not act if it's dangerous."