DAVAO (Philippines) - A LAND mine explosion has killed two soldiers in the southern Philippines. It is the latest attack blamed on communist rebels despite the recent resumption of peace talks.
Regional army spokesman Lt Col Lyndon Paniza says on Wednesday's blast also wounded two soldiers in Santa Cruz town in Davao del Sur province. He said on Thursday the soldiers were conducting an outreach program.
The government and negotiators from the New People's Army last month resumed long-stalled peace talks brokered by Norway. The talks aim to resolve one of Asia's longest-running Marxist rebellions by 2012.
But there's no truce yet, so the rebels have kept up attacks and troops have continued with offensives. -- AP
