Two bomb explosions in airport kill at least 22 and injure 150: At least 21 were killed and 148 injured after a bomb exploded yesterday at the Davao airport arrival terminal in the Philippines. Approximately one hour after the airport blast, a second bomb was detonated at a health center in Tagum City, 31 miles north of Davao, injuring only two people, according to CNN. One American was among the dead at the airport, and three others were injured, U.S. Embassy attache Ronald Post told CNN. Witnesses said there were many bodies, raising fears that the death toll could rise. Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo condemned the airport explosion as "a brazen act of terrorism which shall not go unpunished," according to CNN. Disaster officials were inspecting shattered windows and a badly damaged building to determine what type of explosive was used. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but police said they had defused other bombs in the area in recent weeks. President Bush condemned the bombing, said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. Fleischer added that the act "has all the earmarkings of terrorism." The explosions raise tensions in the island chain as Manila tries to crack down on terrorism.

U.S. sends 24 bombers to Guam to build military presence: The U.S. is sending 24 long-range bombers to military bases in Guam as part of a planned force build-up in the Pacific, the Pentagon said yesterday. The exact timetable is not yet available, according to CNN.com. The Pentagon maintains that the deployment is not related to the recent interception of an Air Force reconnaissance plane over the Sea of Japan by four North Korean MiG fighters. The move is part of the U.S. Pacific Command's effort to maintain a robust military presence around the Korean peninsula while forces are built up in the Persian Gulf region. Officials say they intend to send a non-threatening message to North Korea warning its government not to take advantage of the Iraqi situation and assume that the U.S. military is distracted. Over the past month a number of Air Force fighters and other aircraft have also been repositioned throughout the Pacific theatre, according to CNN.com. The deployment was ordered a month after the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Adm. Tom Fargo, requested additional planes and ships be sent to the region. Pentagon sources said Fargo also proposed sending eight F-15 fighter jets to bases in Japan.

Three boys survive plane crash and subzero temperatures: Jordan, Ryan and Tyler Ferris survived an airplane crash and exposure to subzero temperatures in the Berkshire Mountains Sunday night. Rescuers scouring Beartown State Forest by helicopter Monday morning spotted five-year-old Jordan's waving hands, according to The Boston Globe. The boys' parents, Tayne and Ronald, and two of their brothers, Shawn and Kyle, perished when the single-engine plane their father was piloting plummeted into the woods. Paramedics treated the boys and pulled them from a remote site on Mount Wilcox, according to The Globe. Federal Aviation Administration records show that Ferris radioed air traffic controllers at 6:50 p.m. to say he was diverting the plane to Barnes Municipal Airport in Westfield. He apparently changed course again and headed north to Great Barrington, a closer landing field. Radar last tracked the plane at 2,200 feet, 10 miles south of the Great Barrington airport and properly positioned for a landing, according to FAA spokesman Jim Peters. The time of last radar contact was unavailable. The plane was found on the mountainside at about 1,800 feet in four feet of snow with its cabin intact.