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Blast in southern Philippines kills 2 -police

10 Jan 2007 10:49:40 GMT
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MANILA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - An explosion outside a market in the southern Philippine city of General Santos killed two people on Wednesday, police said.

The blast, at 1000 GMT, came as the country is on high alert ahead of a summit of 16 Asian leaders in the central island of Cebu on Jan. 13-15.

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