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France's Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau leaves the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris
30 Jun 2009
Source: Reuters
 
France's Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau (C) leaves the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris June 30, 2009. An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board, including 66 French nationals, crashed into the sea as it approached the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros in bad weather early on Tuesday, officials said. Some bodies were recovered from the wreck of the Yemenia plane, said Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Qader, undersecretary of Yemen's aviation authority. The airline said one survivor had been rescued from the sea. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE POLITICS DISASTER TRANSPORT)
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Yemen's Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sanaa August 17, 2009. Shi'ite rebels are to blame for the latest round of fighting with government forces that ...




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