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Memorial to Air France plane crash victims goes up in Rio
08/11/2009 07:22 A memorial in remembrance of the victims of an Airbus A330 crash over the Atlantic in June has opened in Rio de Janeiro
Rescuers recover 41 bodies from Brazil plane crash
10/06/2009 09:13 Rescuers have recovered another 17 bodies from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last week, bringing the total number to 41, Brazilian representatives involved in the search operation said.
Tail fin of Air France jet found, total of 24 bodies recovered
09/06/2009 10:07 The Brazilian Navy has recovered a large section of the tail fin of an Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last week, and a total of 24 bodies have also been found.
Two bodies found at site of Air France crash in Atlantic
07/06/2009 14:53 Brazilian search teams have found two male bodies from the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic last week, and are continuing to search a large area of the ocean.
Autopilot on crashed Air France A330 was switched off - BEA
06/06/2009 20:06 Twenty-four messages automatically sent by an Air France A330 that went missing off Brazil's northeast coast show that the autopilot mode was not on, the French agency investigating air crashes (BEA) said.
Debris not from lost Air France plane - Brazil's Air Force
05/06/2009 09:33 Brazil's Air Force chief said that none of the debris recovered during a search for the wreckage of an Air France Airbus 330 that went missing off Brazil's northeast coast belonged to the aircraft.
Search efforts for Air France crash
04/06/2009 13:12 Brazilian and French ships rush to pull out Air France plane wreckage as authoritites and families seek answers for the crash that took 228 lives.
Air crash victims mourned in Paris
04/06/2009 12:11 Relatives gather at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris for a service commemorating the 228 victims of the Air France airliner which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
Chinese family of Air France crash victim to get $1.4 mln
04/06/2009 10:54 A Chinese insurance company is preparing to pay $1.4 million to the family of a passenger who died on the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic earlier this week, the China Daily said.
Search continues in Air France Atlantic crash
03/06/2009 18:36 An all-out search was launched to locate the fragments of the ill-fated Air France Flight 447 which was carrying 228 people.
Brazil hopes to find Air France jet on ocean floor
03/06/2009 16:43 Brazil's president believes it will be technically possible to find the wreckage of the Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic earlier this week, and salvage the black box.
Brazil mourns victims of Air France plane crash
03/06/2009 09:26 Brazilian Vice President Jose Alenca has declared three days of mourning for 228 passengers and crew missing and presumed dead after an Air France plane crashed into the Atlantic on Monday.
Brazil says remains of missing Air France plane found
02/06/2009 19:30 Brazil's Air Force said on Tuesday that it had found wreckage in the area that a missing Air France passenger plane last made contact.
Debris found in search for missing Air France plane
02/06/2009 18:02 Brazil's Air Force said on Tuesday that it had found wreckage in the area that a missing Air France passenger plane last made contact.
Search continues for missing Air France plane in Atlantic
02/06/2009 10:32 French and Brazilian planes and warships are continuing to search the area of the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France passenger plane is believed to have crashed with 228 passengers and crew on board.
Russian confirmed on board missing Air France plane
01/06/2009 21:56 Air France said on Monday that one Russian was among the 228 people on board a plane that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean en-route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris earlier in the day.

Putin says Russia-U.S. relations warmer, but urges changes Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that relations between Russia and the United States have become warmer, but urged fundamental changes.	Russia set to launch Proton-M rocket with U.S. telecoms satellite A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite Echostar 14 will be launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
Life in ruins: Chile after the earthquake The people of the town of Cobquecura in Chile leave their destroyed houses, take their families and go to live in the mountains. An earthquake took place there on March 16: four strong quakes measuring 6.6 and 6.7 were registered.	OPEC: history, structure, functions OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, id an international organization uniting most of the world's petroleum exporting countries

		21/03/2010 Fire at the business center in northern Moscow
		18/03/2010 The Honor Guard Battalion starts preparing for the Victory Parade

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