Filipino troops defuse 3rd bomb after hostel blast

Army troops have safely defused a powerful bomb outside a school in Basilan province in the southern Philippines. A blast destroyed a lodging house and another explosive was found near a hotel earlier in the same province.

Army Col. Alex Macario says Abu Sayyaf extremists most likely left the bomb, which was hidden in a biscuit can. It was found by troops Sunday in front of a school compound in Basilan's Lamitan town. Macario says the military has tightened security after a bomb destroyed a lodging house in the Christian town in predominantly Muslim Basilan late Saturday. No injuries were reported. (AP)