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Saturday, December 27, 2003 (Philippines)
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| TIGHT SECURITY. A police dog handler checks for bombs at Manila's light railway transit (LRT) Friday. Authorities are on high alert to prevent bomb attacks similar to the one that hit the rail station in December 2000, wherein over two dozen people were killed. AFP FOTO |
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ZAMBOANGA -- A homemade bomb exploded as it was being disarmed outside an airport in Jolo Friday, killing a soldier and wounding another, the military said.
Civilians found the improvised explosive device concealed in a cardboard box that was left near a perimeter fence of the Jolo airport. Troops were alerted and tried to disarm it, but the bomb exploded, killing one.
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