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Bomb at checkpoint in southern RP kills 1 (1:50 p.m.)
MANILA — A bomb hidden in a motorcycle taxi exploded at a checkpoint in the volatile southern Philippines, killing its driver and heightening a security alarm amid fears of Muslim rebel attacks, officials said Wednesday.
The homemade bomb, concealed inside a sack of charcoal, went off at a checkpoint in Sultan Kudarat province’s Esperanza township late [...]
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