U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan
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May 3rd, 2013
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U.S. military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan

An American military refueling plane took off and crashed in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, Kyrgyz and U.S. officials said.

Three people were on board, said Bolot Sharshenaliev of the Kyrgyz Emergencies Ministry. A ministry spokeswoman had previously said there were five. The U.S. military didn't give the number of those on the plane and said "the status of the crew is unknown."

The plane was a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft, according to the U.S. 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs Transit Center at Manas, near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The crew and aircraft are assigned to the transit center.

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38 die in Russian psychiatric hospital fire

Thirty-eight people are  dead after a fire tore through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow, Russian officials said Friday.

There were 41 people in the building and three escaped the blaze early Friday.

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