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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A cargo plane smashed into a residential neighborhood in Congo's capital just after take off from the international airport Thursday, killing at least 25 people and engulfing homes in flames. Three houses near a market in Kinshasa's Kingasani neighborhood were destroyed in the crash, and smoke filled the sky for hours, according to an Associated Press reporter on the scene. Citing police reports, U.N. peacekeeping spokesman, Michel Bonnardeau said 25 people were kill... Read More
LONDON (AP) — Former Pakistani Premier Benazir Bhutto said Thursday she expects to reach an agreement on a democratic transition once President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government declares an amnesty dropping corruption cases against her and other politicians. Bhutto and officials from her Pakistan People's Party have been engaged in power-sharing talks with Musharraf, who is expected to be re-elected president in a parliamentary vote Saturday. Although a deal is close, she stressed nothing... Read More
Emerging from the darkness of a gold mine where they had been trapped a mile underground for more than a day, 3,000 South African miners told tales Thursday of the cramped, terrifying conditions they had faced. "It was terrible. There was not enough air and they tried putting in more and ventilating the areas where we were trapped. We were all crying, everyone was so negative and they thought we would die down there," 35-year-old Granny Makad, a mine inspector, told South Africa's Mail &... Read More
Three people have been killed after Typhoon Lekima lashed into central Vietnam en route to neighbouring Laos. It whipped up winds of 80 miles an hour and destroyed more than 70,000 homes. Three people drowned, including a 13-year-old boy who was trying to anchor his family's boat during the storm. The storm made landfall late last night in Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces of Vietnam. It destroyed or damaged more than 29,000 homes in Quang Binh province, where 33 people were injured b... Read More
Sen. Craig vows to remain in office for term Judge earlier rejected senator’s bid to withdraw guilty plea in sex sting MINNEAPOLIS - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig lost a bid Thursday to withdraw his guilty plea in a men’s room sex sting but defiantly vowed to finish his Senate term, prolonging a headache for Republican leaders already facing a tough political climate. Craig had announced plans to resign his seat by Sept. 30 but wavered when he went to court in hopes of w... Read More
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