Aid Plane Crashes In Congo, all aboard feared dead

by Sputnic | September 2, 2008 at 12:50 pm
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An aid plane has crashed into a mountain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, all 17 people on board are feared dead. The plane went missing yesterday in bad weather and has recently been found. It was carrying aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres, Handicapped International, the united nations humanitarian agency OCHA And the un development program. Mineral rich Congo has great poverty among its people. 5.4 million have died of poverty and disease triggered a war that ended 5 years ago.

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