At least 49 dead in Indonesia plane disaster
A Boeing 737-400 passenger jet burst into flames
when it landed at Yogyakarta in central Indonesia on Wednesday,
killing at least 49 people and leaving dozens more burnt and
wounded, officials said.
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Oil companies in deals with Iran face sanctions
Key members of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday
backed a new legislative effort designed to force the Bush
administration to sanction oil companies and countries that strike
deals with Iran, but the State Department expressed concerns.
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Over 1,100 journalists killed in decade
More than 1,100 journalists and support staff
have been killed carrying out their work in the past decade and the
annual toll has jumped since 2003, the year of the U.S.-led invasion
of Iraq, a report said.
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