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Indian MiG 21 jet fighter crashes

The MiG 21 #39;Type 96#39; aircraft was on a routine sortie and crashed near Naal airfield, which is about 15 kms from the state#39;s Bikaner town. The pilot ejected but died due to injuries, Indian defense spokesperson S.D. Goswami said. A MiG 21 fighter jet of Indian Air Force crashed Tuesday in the western state of Rajasthan, killing the pilot, said defense officials. This is the second crash of MiG fighter jet in 2011.

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Philippines motorcycle bomb blast Eight 2 2011

A homemade bomb fashioned from four 81-milimeter mortar shells exploded in front of a gun shop around 2:15 p.m. along Quezon Avenue in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato, leaving two people dead, said administrator Atty. Cynthia Guiani Sayadi. The blast left one dead on the spot while another passed away in hospital. The wounded were eight other civilians. The death toll from the powerful motorcycle bomb blast Tuesday afternoon in the restive southern Philippines has risen to two, while

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full harvest moon 2010

A hawk perched on a tree at the edge of Randleman Lake is framed by the harvest moon, near Branson Davis Road in Randolph County, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. A large, full moon will herald in the fall as it graces the skies on the autumnal equinox for the first time in nearly 20 years. Today is the last day of summer, and as the sun sinks into the western horizon, the Harvest Moon will rise in the east, creating a 360-degree, summer-autumn twilight that is rarely seen, said Tony Phill

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Paul Octopus Germany Uruguay

Two year-old octopus Paul, the so-called “octopus oracle” predicts Germany#39;s victory in their 2010 World Cup third place soccer match against Uruguay by choosing the mussel, from a glass box decorated with the German national flag instead of a glass box with the Uruguay flag, at the Sea Life Aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen July 9, 2010. So far Paul has correctly picked all six German World Cup results including their first-round defeat against Serbia and their semi-finals de

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