A missile fired by Islamist fighters was responsible for the plane crash that left 11 people dead in Somalia on Friday, the Reuters news agency quoted Belarus officials as saying on Sunday.
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March 26, 2007A Belarussian cargo plane was attacked as it was landing at an airport in Somalia on Monday, but no one was hurt, the Interfax news agency reported citing a Belarussian official.
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March 12, 2007A Russian policeman has been jailed for phoning an airport with a bomb warning to help acquaintances of his boss make their flight, the Reuters news agency reports quoting an article in the Friday issue of Russian daily Kommersant.
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According to Reuters, Russia’s top carrier Aeroflot could still buy aircraft from U.S.-based Boeing despite a major contract with Europe’s Airbus, Economy Minister German Gref told reporters on Thursday.
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February 23, 2007Norwegian authorities detained the captain, co-captain and five other crew members of a Ukrainian giant An-22 cargo plane on suspicion of intending to fly while drunk, the Associated Press reports.
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January 9, 2007The board of directors of the United Aircraft Corporation (OAK) elected Russian vice-premier and Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov as their chairman at their meeting on Tuesday.
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December 12, 2006
Home Secretary John Reid has said that traces of radioactivity had been found at “around 12″ locations as part of the investigation into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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November 30, 2006
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Russian passenger jet with 62 people on board made an emergency landing in Rostov-on-Don, the information department of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations reported Friday.
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