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NOTE: The following breaking news brief is a quote:
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Bomb blast wounds villager in southern Philippines
Published: 04.22.07, 08:39 / Israel News
A bomb exploded in a southern Philippine town Sunday, wounding a villager, following US and Australian warnings of possible terrorist attacks in the country.
Two men on a motorcycle left the homemade bomb - a mortar shell attached to a timer - on the side of a road in Midsayap township, North Cotabato province, Midsayap police chief Superintendent Chino Mamburam said. (AP)
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Another sad UPDATE:
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1115250
“Peace Corps Member Died of Head Trauma”
April 21, 2007 - 11:37am
By OLIVER TEVES
Associated Press Writer
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Campbell, 40, of Fairfax, Va., suffered “multiple blunt traumatic injuries of the head,” said Chief Inspector Mamerto Bernabe, who led the autopsy.
Her arms also were injured, indicating that she tried to block the blows, crime laboratory head Chief Superintendent Arturo Cacdac told The Associated Press.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Senior Superintendent Pedro Ganir, police chief of Ifugao province, said police recovered a bloodstained pole used to pound rice made of hard wood near the home of a suspect, who has gone into hiding.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Soldiers searching for Campbell _ a freelance journalist who had reported for The New York Times and other media organizations _ found one of her feet sticking out from the shallow grave in a dry mountain creek.
Campbell had been teaching English at the Divine Word College in Albay province’s Legazpi city, southeast of Manila, since October 2006.”