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80 killed in Iranian plane fire
TEHRAN--An Iranian
passenger plane caught fire after its tire
burst on landing at an airport in Iran's
northeastern city of Mashhad on Friday,
killing at least 80 people, state television
and officials said. State television
said 147 people were on board the flight to
Mashhad, home to Iran's holiest shrine, from
the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. It
said the death toll was at least 80, all of
them passengers. Iranian media said the crew
survived. A civil aviation official, Reza
Jafarzadeh, told Reuters 148 people were on
the state-owned Iranairtour plane, flight
number 945, but he did not >> >>
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Akbar Bugti buried in Dera Bugti by
authorities, relatives not present
QUETTA: The body of Baloch leader, Nawab Akbar
Khan Bugti on Friday was buried by government official in his native
Dera Bugti town in the absence of relatives and fellow tribesmen. The
sons of former Governor and CM Balochistan had demanded to hand over the
body in Quetta, but were turned down by the officials.The body was
brought in a sealed coffin and no one was allowed to see the body. Some
tribesmen from the rival ranks of Bugti's tribe and officials attended
the funeral. An Islamic cleric brought in by the government >> >>
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Actress
Evangeline Lilly arrives for the ‘Lost’ Season
2 DVD Release Party at the Turtle Bay Resort
in Kahuku, Hawaii. The DVD will be released on
September 5, 2006.
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