Wreckage of jetliner found in Afghanistan
NATO helicopter gun ships found the shattered wreckage of Kam Air Flight 635 missing since Thursday. The Boeing 737-200 with 96 passengers and eight crew vanished near Kabul in a snowstorm. Authorities believe all 104 aboard likely perished and no hijack or bomb cause is evident.
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Ministry of Interior
Kam-Air
Afghanistan
Kabul
Herat
Enayatullah Qasemi
U.S. Department of Transportation
NATO
Afghan passenger jet found in mountains near Kabul
A passenger jet missing since Thursday during a snowstorm was located Saturday on Chaperi Mountain about 20 miles east of Kabul at 11 000 feet. Apache helicopters reached the area and dropped a Slovenian rescue team but officials said no one had reached the wreckage by nightfall. Authorities planned to resume body recovery with helicopters the next day.
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Chenari
Afghanistan
NATO
U.S
Kabul
Lutfullah Mashal
Chaperi Mountain
Qasemi
UN probes Kofi Annan records in oil for food scandal
Investigators led by Paul Volcker scrutinize thousands of pages of UN documents including e mail and phone records to assess influence in a contract linked to Kojo Annan. The oil for food program ran 1996 to 2003 under sanctions relief for Iraq. Kojo worked for Cotecna Inspection SA which held a UN contract to certify humanitarian deals.
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United Nations
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United Nations’ Oil For Food
Kojo Annan
Cotecna Inspection SA
Iraq
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