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To: StanX Long who wrote (63207)4/25/2002 3:19:33 AM
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"OT" But a YoYo friend, Bomb rocks southern Philippines, no one hurt

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CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in Cagayan de Oro City in the southern Philippines on Thursday but no one was hurt and police said they thought the blast was not the work of Muslim rebels linked to Osama bin Laden.

The explosion in a residential area of the city followed a series of blasts in another southern city on the weekend that killed 15 people and wounded more than 50.

Those attacks were claimed by a man who said he was a member of the Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrilla group linked to Saudi-born dissident bin Laden. U.S. forces are in the Philippines training local forces fighting the rebels.

But Cagayan de Oro police officer Felicisimo Khu told reporters the early Thursday blast near a car was not believed to be the handiwork of militants.

"The explosion was powerful enough to create a crater but not powerful enough to puncture the gas tank of the car," he said.

Khu said the owner of the car had previously been harassed by unidentified people.

The south of the mainly Roman Catholic Philippines has been plagued by Muslim insurgency and general lawlessness for decades.
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