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Indonesia’s plane crash:
Death toll climbs to 97
INDONESIA: The death toll of Indonesia’s Air
force Hercules plane crash in East Java reached 97, with 27 others
wounded, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Health official
reported that there were 15 fatalities in Sudono Hospital with nine
people injured, and there were 57 deaths at Iswahyudi Hospital, with
19 people injured, head of crisis center of the Ministry Rustam
Pakaya said.
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Brazil’s leader to leave China with deals under belt
CHINA: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva was to make a final stop at a joint space program with China
Wednesday before leaving Beijing, after inking oil and finance deals
worth billions of dollars.
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Afghan President meets survivors of US strikes
AFGHANISTAN: President Hamid Karzai travelled to
remote southwestern Afghanistan Tuesday to meet survivors of deadly
air strikes, and reiterated his demand for US forces to “stop
bombing” civilians.
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