MANILA (Reuters) - A janitor for U.S. troops was killed and 13 people wounded in an explosion near an army base on the southern Philippine island of Jolo, but no American soldiers were hurt, the Philippine military said on Saturday.
Some 250 U.S. soldiers are due on Jolo from Monday to conduct two weeks of humanitarian missions as part of a 5,000-strong U.S. force taking part in annual war games with Philippine units.
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