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Onlookers watch as rescue workers remove bodies from a minivan that plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed during heavy rains northwest of the capital Niamey
05 Aug 2007
Source: Reuters
 
Onlookers watch as rescue workers (C) remove bodies from a minivan that plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed during heavy rains at the village of Soudoure near the town of Boubon, 15 km (9 miles) northwest of the capital Niamey, August 5, 2007. Torrential rains in Niger caused two bus crashes early on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, witnesses and officials said.
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Onlookers watch as rescue workers (C) remove bodies from a minivan that plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed during heavy rains at the village of Soudoure near the town of Boubon, 15 km (9 miles) northwest of the capital Niamey, August 5, 2007. Torrential rains in Niger caused two bus crashes early on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, witnesses and officials said.



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