Somalia AU plane 'catches fire'
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A cargo plane transporting Ugandan soldiers to Somalia's capital caught fire as it landed, officials say.
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An explosion at an airport in Kenyaâs capital injured two people today and caused a fire that destroyed part of a departure lounge, police said.
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FIGHTING raged on in the western Sudanese region of Darfur today, with an African Union helicopter fired on despite promises by both the Government and rebels to respect a ceasefire, an AU spokesman said.
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A Scandinavian Airlines turboprop carrying 73 people crashed during an emergency landing, catching fire as it hurtled down a runway in a cloud of smoke and dust. Five people sustained minor injuries, authorities said.
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A British cargo jet crashed in a fireball after its tail section apparently broke off during take-off from Nova Scotia today. All seven crew members - including two Britons â-ere killed.
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British officials in Kenya are investigating claims that a Briton was killed in a US attack on suspected Islamic militants in Somalia.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Three battalions of peacekeepers from Uganda and Nigeria will be airlifted as soon as possible into Somalia amid rising violence that threatens the government's grip on power, an African Union official said yesterday.
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In a Sept. 13 story about Somalia, The Associated Press erroneously attributed details about Islamic militiamen advancing on the port city of Kismayo to an official of the African Union. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was from the European Union, not the AU.
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The crew of an RAF Nimrod reported a fire shortly before it crashed in Afghanistan, the force's top officer says.
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A car on fire has been driven at the main terminal building at Glasgow Airport, police have confirmed.
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There has been a large explosion outside the building housing Somalia's interim parliament, with casualties reported.
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Mortar bombs crashed into Mogadishu's international airport on Thursday and two government soldiers were killed in clashes with gunmen, in the latest attacks in and around the increasingly violent capital.
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LAS PALMAS, Spain  - Passengers overpowered a suspected armed hijacker who had commandeered a Mauritanian plane on Thursday when he was knocked off his feet during a hard landing, a source close to the Mauritanian presidency said.
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A jet's landing gear caught fire on the runway at Miami International Airport after two tires blew out during landing, officials said. No one was injured, and the fire was quickly extinguished.
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The crew of a ship hijacked from Somalia overpowered their attackers Tuesday and regained control of the vessel
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Officials yesterday said one of two airliners that crashed near-simultaneously was brought down by a terrorist act and that explosives were found in the plane&#39;s wreckage.
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Somalia's powerful Islamist movement said U.N. endorsement of an African peacekeeping force in Somalia will "add fuel to the fire" in the Horn of Africa nation many fear is on the verge of all-out war.