The Philippine defence department says there were no formal links between the group and ISIS.
The Abu Sayyaf group was paid a ransom of 30 million pesos (S$858,000).
The IOC database has been modified and the new SGP code will be reflected on the IOC website and in future games.
A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ur-Ahrar (TTP-JA), has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Three power transmission towers are blown down in Fujian and 1.65 million homes were without power.
Abdul Rashid Harun, the Sabah Police Commissioner says they received a call from a foreign number soon after the three fishermen were kidnapped.
The teenager's parents posted images of her having her nappy changed and being potty trained.
However, the former foreign minister said that Indonesia cannot directly intervene in North Korea's issues.
Renho Murata says she wants to increase the number of female lawmakers in the country.
Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada says Japan has increased its engagement in the area and it would include capacity building for coastal nations.
Sanctions were imposed on the country, formerly known as Burma, in 1997 after decades under a military dictatorship
Prawit Wongsuwan says violence in the three southern provinces had decreased by 60 percent since the junta took power.
The police say the cause of the blast is still not known.
Authorities say the train was en route to Karachi from Peshawar.
Authorities say police are still searching for Ali Kalora, who is the third in command in the MIT group.