Five bodies recovered from Philippine volcano

Philippine disaster officials say the bodies of fourEuropeans and their Filipino guide who were killed by rocks in a volcaniceruption early this week have been brought down from Mount Mayon.

Albay provincial disaster officer Jukes Nunez says soldiersin a helicopter on Thursday carried the body of Filipino Jerome Berin, followedby the remains of the four Europeans.

A tour company has identified the three Germans as JoanneEdosa, Roland Tietze and Jurian Stelter.

Stelter's Spanish girlfriend, Sara Frances Nicolay, alsodied, her cousin Juan Felix Castillo told reporters in her hometown of Peralta,Spain.

A Thai man with a broken arm and burns is the last remainingcasualty still waiting to be evacuated.

Twenty-one climbers and guides were on Mayon when it eruptedTuesday. Nine were injured.