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Cargo plane crashes on take-off in Shanghai

Cargo plane crashes at Shanghai airport - Xinhua

France asks its citizens to leave north, east Mali

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The wreckage of a cargo plane that crashed during take-off is seen at Pudong airport in Shanghai, November 28, 2009. A Zimbabwean-registered cargo plane en route to Kyrgyzstan crashed on take-off ...

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DR Congo: Innocents trapped between Government and Interhamwe Rebels.

LWF Builds Strength and Ignites Hope for Aids Affected Communities in Uganda

An Oasis for Health Care in South Sudan

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Food crisis looms around eastern Sahel in Africa -WFP

WFP to give out food aid to thousands fleeing ethnic conflict in Congo

Aid workers in southern Somali town moved to Kenya

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