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Twelve die in Kazakhstan bus crash
21 Sep 2008 08:55:18 GMT
 Source: Reuters
ALMATY, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Twelve people died early on Sunday after a truck crashed into their minibus in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, the Emergency Ministry said.

Officials said the accident happened around 2 a.m in the east of the country on the highway from Almaty to Ust-Kamenogorsk. The minibus driver and all the passengers died, while the truck driver was taken to hospital with injuries. (Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov, writing by Chris Baldwin, editing by Mark Trevelyan)


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