World IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : Bomb Blasts Rock 2 Hotels; 8 Injured
From Times staff and Wire reports
Bomb blasts ripped through two international hotels in Manila’s financial district, wounding four Japanese visitors and four Filipinos. Officials said the attack resembled previous bombings by army rebels. Police said the first blast damaged an unoccupied room at the Nikko Manila Garden Hotel; the second wrecked a room of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
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