M THE BATWKLI) he BATTALION 9A Thursday, April 3, 2003 r liveP 0U ^ Philippines bomb blast dlls at least 16, injures 40 By Paul Alexander THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bingham said. >n papers." ie said she did she was arrested ies and two blank aqi opposition p Ireds of political: been executed s at Abu Ghraib.: n in the Arab wcr Over I lie nexu MAN|LA> Philippines — uuerrogaied u; ^ p hi | ippine presideM rdered a “total war” on terror- ;ts I after a bomb exploded Vednesday near a bustling /hail in the southern port of for my govt ) av ho, killing at least 16 people, er government.I ^eliding two children. do stones atxxrjMorty people were injured in e, she said. tie blast, the second in Davao in man, of Barcelor^ssjthan a month. The death toll I hey asked meyouDd have been higher if the >f pictures I was Nation was not already on high tivolved with ar dert for terror acts, officials gence service.. aid. ie purpose of me' |l'he government said it was lad at such atiiK Ooking for similarities to a e journalists vlardi 4 blast that was blamed they were breai )n » Muslim rebel group. That >y covering the ,oni Bing killed 21 people, ig the country a ncluding an American mission- inner said he ap: ,r >'- at the city’s international mes for a jour l * r P ort - Three Americans were voided to enter ;- ,vo ^ ni iet *- when President That Muslim group, the sepa- , , • (j! "atist Moro Islamic Liberation shgave his*.- or MILF condemned ' xVednesday’s bombing and lenied responsibility for the pre- iotis one. he attacks come at a time of ted to rule on iebate over the mandate of U.S. troops in the war on terror in the n in a schoolya philippines, where Muslim raining down insurgents have battled the gov- “We have to Eminent for decades. Although hat’s why we: President Gloria Macapagal SOURCES: Associated Press; ESRI Arroyo is one of Washington’s biggest supporters in the war on terrorism, she has ruled out a combat role for American sol diers. Arroyo planned to go ahead with a scheduled visit to Davao on Thursday. But she said the city was “in a state of lawless violence” and she would order the military to help police crack down on “lawless elements and terrorists.” With a ship getting ready to leave, the area outside the wharf’s gates — where passen gers can catch public transport or eat at a row of food stalls — was teeming with people when the bomb exploded at about 7 p.m., blasting a shallow crater along the highway in the city’s Sasa district. Farewells turned to cries of pain and anguish. Health official Dolores Castillo said many vic tims were vendors and children. A Roman Catholic nun who just arrived on a boat was killed as she sat in the back of a car stalled in traffic while leaving the wharf. Another nun and the driver were injured, witnesses said. Larry Laura, 39, was driving a van about 100 yards from the site when the bomb went off. “I ... saw people shocked, speechless, crying and just watching bodies scattered on the ground a few seconds after the blast,” he said. Police chief Supt. Isidro Lapena said initial investiga tions indicated the bomb was stashed in a barbecue food stall. “We think the security at the pier worked because the attack ers were not able to bring the explosive inside,” Lapena said. Arroyo, who chastised offi cials at Manila’s international airport and largest mall for lax security during surprise visits last week, went on radio to urge vigilance. lians prejudiced r e they even ste Matthews, a s. the nation's turer. paign for more every segmec : said. NEWS IN BRIEF BBC journalist killed in Iraq tits ONDON (AP) — A land mine explosion killed one British Broadcasting Corp. journalist and injured another in northern Iraq on Wednesday. Kaveh Golestan, 52, an Iranian freelance cam eraman for the BBC, died instantly when he stepped on the mine as he climbed out of his car in the town of Kifrey, the company said. 1 Producer Stuart Hughes, 31, was injured in the foot by the explosion, while correspondent Jim Muir and their translator were unhurt, the BBC said. Hughes was being treated in a nearby American mil itary medical facility. They were part of a four-man BBC team filming at Kifrey, a town in the southern part of the Kurdish- controlled area of Iraq that came under fire by Iraqi forces this week. The explosion brought to four the number of for eign journalists who have died while in Iraq to cover the war. More than just another pretty face. We've changed our name. But we're not stopping there. We're moving in a whole new DIRECTION as well. That movement is forward. Forward, into the future. Forward, with a new way of doing business. Forward, with innovative products and services to meet your needs. 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