TWO BOMB BLASTS HAVE ROCKED THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES, KILLING AT LEAST...

World | February 16, 2002, Saturday // 00:00

Two bomb blasts have rocked the southern Philippines, killing at least five people and wounding dozens.A bomb tore through the lower floor of a movie house in a Zamboanga shopping mall near the Philippine military southern command post on Saturday, injuring several people. That explosion followed an earlier blast on Saturday at a public market on the island of Jolo, leaving at least five people dead and 45 wounded. The blasts coincide with the deployment of U.S. troops to Basilan, 900 km (560 miles) south of Manila, for controversial joint training exercises with the Philippine military.

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