Renegade Philippine soldiers armed with sniper rifles take up positions inside a building in Manila's financial district July 27, 2003. Most of the rebel soldiers said they were willing to negotiate with the government to end a standoff but added they had no immediate plans to surrender. [Reuters]

Renegade Philippine soldiers take aim at government troops in Manila's Makati financial district July 27, 2003. [Reuters]

A mutinous soldier flips over his bullets as they agreed to go back to barracks after taking over an upscale hotel and shopping complex at Manila's financial district of Makati, Philippines, on Sunday, July 27, 2003. [AP]

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo gives a news conference after she got word from government negotiators that mutinous soldiers who holed themselves up at the financial district of Makati, southeast of Manila, Philippines, agreed to return to their barracks late Sunday July 27, 2003. [AP]