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Global Times | December 30, 2011 10:20
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A security guard stands near an overturned Tupolev Tu-34 passenger jet at the airfield outside the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh Thursday. The packed jet flipped over and caught fire on landing in Osh on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

A security guard stands near an overturned Tupolev Tu-34 passenger jet at the airfield outside the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh Thursday. The packed jet flipped over and caught fire on landing in Osh on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

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