MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Monday foiled a bid to plant car-bombs at its main airport and a nearby shopping mall, authorities said.
The motive for the bomb plot was not immediately clear but in the past such attacks in Manila, the capital, and other parts of the largely Christian Philippines have been blamed on al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants from the Abu Sayyaf group.
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