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Nepal begins  probe into plane crash
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ASIANAGE on 09 October, 2008 04:11:10
 
Kathmandu: Nepal has launched an investigation of a plane crash at a small
airport near Mount Everest that killed 18 people, including 16 tourists from
Germany, Australia and Nepal.
The four-person commission to investigate the crash was announced in a
statement from the government tourism ministry on late Wednesday night. The
commission, to be led by a senior government lawyer, has two months to submit
its report.
The Yeti Airlines plane crashed on Wednesday morning. —AP
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Pak Taliban chief offers amnesty
Islamabad: In a brazen defiance of a crackdown on his militant followers,
Pakistani Taliban commander Maulana Fazl-ullah has offered a "conditional
amnesty" to public representatives and government officials if they stop
supporting security forces.
Fazlullah, a deputy of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakis-tan chief Baitullah Meh-sud who
leads militants in the restive Swat valley in North West Frontier Province,
offered the amnesty on Wednesday during a broadcast on his illegal FM radio
station. —PTI
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Pirates free 15 Filipino seamen
Manila: Pirates in Somalia have released 15 Filipino seamen and four other
crewmen seized when a chemical tanker was hijacked nearly two months ago, but
are still holding 67 other Filipino sailors, officials said on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the foreign affairs department, Claro Cristobal, said the
seamen from the MT Irene, operated by a Japanese company, were freed on late
Wednesday and were expected in Fujairah in the UAE.
"All crew members are safe and sound despite the ordeal they have undergone,"
he said. —AP