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Note: The following breaking news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3385681,00.html
Rampaging gunman kills 10 in southern Philippines
Published: 04.08.07, 06:50 / Israel News
An unidentified gunman killed nine soldiers and one civilian in a rampage inside a patrol base in the southern Philippines, a Philippine general said on Sunday.
“We are not certain yet if the one who went on the rampage was a soldier. He could be the civilian who is among the dead,” Major-General Nehemias Pajarito said, in reference to a pre-dawn Saturday shoot-out. “We are investigating.” (AP)
UPDATE:
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070408/NEWS05/704080392/1025/NEWS09
“Indian Point 3 may restart at low level”
By BRUCE GOLDING
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: April 8, 2007)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “BUCHANAN - The crippled Indian Point 3 nuclear reactor may be turned back on at low power while workers assess the giant electrical transformer that burst into flames and led to an official downgrade of the aging plant’s safety rating.
A spokesman for plant owner Entergy Nuclear Northeast said contractors from the Siemens company were expected in the next few days to begin investigating the cause of Friday’s explosion and fire about 50 feet from the Indian Point 3 containment dome.
Spokesman Jim Steets said the problem had been traced to the middle bushing in the high-voltage transformer, which steps up electricity generated by the plant’s turbine from 22 to 345 kilovolts.
“What we’ll concentrate on is determining whether the problem originated with that bushing or that there was a problem in the transformer that manifested in that bushing,” he said.
Federal and local officials said no radiation was released by the blaze. But it triggered an automatic trip of the plant’s reactor, marking the second unplanned shutdown in a week and the fourth since July.”
More Details UPDATE:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6536635.stm
Last Updated: Sunday, 8 April 2007, 08:07 GMT 09:07 UK
“Ten dead at Philippine army base”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A gunman has attacked a Philippine army base on the island of Jolo, killing nine soldiers and a civilian.
Officials said they were unsure whether the gunman was a soldier or was the civilian found among the dead.
The unidentified attacker opened fire inside the base during a power cut, one report said.”