Algeria Airliner Feared Crashed On Flight From Burkina Faso -- BBC
A passenger plane carrying 116 people is feared to have crashed on a flight from Burkina Faso to the Algerian capital Algiers.
Contact with the Air Algerie flight was lost over the Sahara as it crossed Mali in bad weather, officials said.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the plane, which has 50 French citizens aboard, "probably crashed".
He said French Mirage fighter planes were scouring the area for the aircraft.
Contact with Flight AH 5017, chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair, was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou, Air Algerie said.
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MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
Taiwan launches inquiry into plane crash that killed 48.
China and Taiwan express grief over crashed TransAsia plane.
Afghan vote recount moves at snail's pace, rival sides far apart.
Finnish aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan.
Myanmar Muslims in remote Rakhine suffer worsening health crisis.
U.N. panel tells Japan to compensate 'comfort women'.
Viral video of North Korea's Kim Jong-un dancing angers supreme leader.
AFRICA
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Nigeria, Cameroon, others deploy 2,800 troops against Boko Haram.
South Sudan blames rebels ‘intransigence’ for stalled peace talks.
Central African Republic factions announce ceasefire.
Libya’s rogue general, an ex-CIA asset, vaunts his anti-extremism services.
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Sudan 'apostasy' woman Meriam Yahia Ibrahim meets Pope.
EUROPE
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EU targets state-owned Russia banks in sanctions plan.
Poland 'helped in CIA rendition', European Court rules.
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Norway warned of imminent security threat. Islamists planning imminent attack in Norway: police.
Mediterranean boat people numbers soar to near 100,000 this year.
AMERICAS
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Obama administration sends military advisers to assess Mexican border needs.
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TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
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ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
China explores Arctic Ocean to develop its resources.
GM profits sink following biggest car recall in history.
IMF announces weaker global growth prospects as US economy slugs.
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