WORLD IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : Bomb Blasts, Shots Near Clark Air Base
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Suspected leftists exploded bombs and fired guns in the air near the U.S. Clark Air Base and unidentified men bombed the offices of three multinational companies in Manila, police said. Police in Manila said bombs were thrown into the compounds of the U.S. firms Colgate-Palmolive, Squibb and Wyeth-Suaco Laboratories, causing damage but no casualties.
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