Karen Hughes, U.S. State Department Undersecretary for Diplomacy and Public Affairs, is greeted by Muslim students during her visit to Maimbung town in Jolo province, southern Philippines January 25, 2007. Hughes on Thursday visited the war-torn island province, which is a known hotbed of the al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf and the Indonesian group Jemaah Islamiyah, to inspect some of the humanitarian projects implemented by U.S. forces and projects funded by the U.S. government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES)