Eleven people were killed and at least 93 injured on Monday in

Eleven people were killed and at least 93 injured on Monday in
Valentine's Day bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked Moro
militants that hit Manila and two southern Philippine cities,
officials said. Three people were killed on the spot and about 60
injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a bus in the Makati
financial district of Manila during the early evening rush hour,
Metropolitan Manila police chief Avelino Razon said. The blast
set two nearby buses on fire. Five people were killed when a
blast hit a bus depot in the southern city of Davao on Mindanao
island at dusk, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said.
Three people were killed and 33 injured when a bomb hit a
shopping mall in the southern city of General Santos on Mindanao
at about the same time as the Davao bombing, she said over DZBB
radio. -- AFP

EU states recall
envoys from Nepal

European Union (EU) member states have recalled their ambassadors
from the Nepalese capital Kathmandu for consultations following
the king's power grab there, a French foreign ministry spokesman
said on Monday. "In light of recent events in Nepal, we have
decided -- along with our European partners -- to recall EU
ambassadors living in Kathmandu for consultations," spokesman
Herve Ladsous told reporters. On February 1, Nepal's King
Gyanendra sacked the government, appointed a pro-royalist Cabinet
headed by himself and declared a state of emergency in the
Himalayan kingdom. -- AFP