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ANGELES, Philippines (AP) - Philippine troops found the body Thursday of an American believed to have been killed by gunmen while he hiked with a German friend near the Mount Pinatubo volcano. Police in the northern province of Pampanga spotted Brian Smith's body in a deep ravine, near a waterfall, but rescuers were unable to retrieve it before sundown, said Pampanga Police Chief Ismael Rafanan. He said the body should be recovered Friday. Earlier Thursday, rescuers found Sigfried Whitman, who was injured in the alleged attack Wednesday, near the upper stream of the Pasig-Potrero river in the town of Porac. ...

Opinion -- Clinton has eye on United Nations post Bill Clinton is back on the campaign trail. This campaign swing is taking him around the world. In the past seven years Bill Clinton has spent 186 days visiting 58 countries. By comparison, President Reagan made 24 trips that consumed only 84 days. And Clinton has no intentions of cutting back his travel schedule. During the last three months of this year he has planned a short trip to Canada and an extended visit to Europe. Clinton will spend his last year in office visiting India, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Vietnam ...