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Nearly
100 killed in crash of Nigerian 737
HeraldNet, WA - 30 Oct 2006
By Bashir Adigun. AP. ABUJA, Nigeria - A Nigerian
airliner with 104 people onboard slammed into the ground moments
after takeoff Sunday ...
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likely
killed in Nigerian jet crash
Houston Chronicle, United States - 30 Oct 2006
By LYDIA POLGREEN. DAKAR, SENEGAL - A commercial
airliner with 104 passengers and crew members on board, including
the spiritual ...
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killed
in plane crash in Nigeria
People's Daily Online, China - 30 Oct 2006
The wreckage of an ADC Airlines plane is seen
at the crash site in Abuja, October 29, 2006. A Nigerian airliner
carrying 104 people ...
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Nigeria
hit by another air disaster
Business Day, South Africa - 30
Oct 2006
ABUJA — About 100 people including the head
of Nigeria’s Muslims died yesterday when a local airliner
crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nigerian ...
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Muslim
spiritual leader dies in air crash
The South African Star (subscription), South Africa -
30 Oct 2006
About 100 people, including the spiritual leader of Nigeria's
Muslims, were killed when a commercial airliner crashed after
take-off in the capital, Abuja. ...
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Nigeria opens
crash investigation
BBC News, UK -
30 Oct 2006
Nigeria's President Olesegun Obasanjo has ordered an investigation
into a plane crash on Sunday in Abuja, in which about 100 people
were killed. ...
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Nigerian
sultan among crash dead
BBC News, UK -
30 Oct 2006
The spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims was among the dead
after a plane carrying at least 104 people crashed near Abuja,
officials say. ...
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passengers die in jet
crash
The Herald, UK -
30 Oct 2006
A Nigerian passenger jet crashed shortly after
takeoff yesterday, killing 99 people, including the leader of
the nation's 70 million Muslims. ...
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Nigerian
plane crash kills 99, Muslim leader dies
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
30 Oct 2006
ABUJA - A Nigerian passenger jet crashed shortly
after takeoff from the capital Abuja on Sunday, killing 99 people
including the leader of the nation’s 70 ...
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News
Roundup
Monsters and Critics.com, UK -
30 Oct 2006
BASRA, Iraq, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Seventeen instructors
at a British-run police academy and two translators were gunned
down Sunday ...
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Sultan
among 100 dead in Abuja air crash
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 30
Oct 2006
Ninety-nine people, including the head of Nigeria's
Muslims, died yesterday when a plane crashed shortly after takeoff
from the capital, Abuja. ...
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Nigeria:
Plane Crash Kills 100
OhmyNews International, South Korea -
30 Oct 2006
A Nigerian airliner carrying 104 passengers crashed
after takeoff Sunday near Abuja, the capital. Reports are still
sketchy but ...
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Nigeria:
Nearly 100 feared dead in plane crash
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 30
Oct 2006
Only a minute after taking off in a storm, a Nigerian
airliner was a tangle of smoldering wreckage, charred corpses
and ripped luggage - the third such crash ...
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Sultan
among 99 killed in crash
Times Online, UK - 30
Oct 2006
By Jonathan Clayton. THE revered leader of Nigeria’s
Muslim community and other high-ranking national dignitaries
were killed yesterday ...
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Eyewitness: Nigerian
plane crash site
BBC News, UK - 30
Oct 2006
Nigerian photojournalist Abayomi Adeshida, 35,
describes what he saw at the crash site of the ADC airlines
which came down in a storm shortly after taking off ...
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Nigeria
air crash kills 100
ITV.com, UK - 30
Oct 2006
A passenger jet has crashed in Nigeria killing
100 people, including the spiritual leader of the country's
70 million Muslims. The ...
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In pictures:
Nigeria plane crash
BBC News, UK - 30
Oct 2006
The plane came down in a storm shortly after take-off.
Four people have reportedly survived. Eyewitnesses say they
heard cries for ...
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Nearly
All on Nigerian Jet Feared Dead
ABC News - 30
Oct 2006
People look at the wreckage of a Nigerian airliner
in a field in Abuja, Nigeria Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006. A Nigerian
airliner carrying ...
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Nearly
All on Nigerian Jet Feared Dead
Forbes, NY - 30
Oct 2006
By BASHIR ADIGUN 10.29.06, 4:18 PM ET. A Nigerian
airliner with 104 people on board slammed into the ground moments
after takeoff ...
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Crash
claims Muslim leader
Channel 4 News, UK - 30
Oct 2006
The spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims is among
the victims of a plane crash near Abuja. More than 100 people
are feared dead ...
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