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BAHAMAS

Four air-crash victims are believed to be from U.S.

Four people, all believed to be U.S. citizens, died Sunday in a small plane crash off the Bahamas' northernmost island, said police in the archipelago off Florida's east coast.

Police Superintendent Stephen Dean said the single-engine plane crashed in waters a few miles off Grand Bahama island and all four people aboard were killed.

"All are believed to be Americans. It is thought they were on some kind of sightseeing tour," Dean said.

Emrick Seymour, assistant police commissioner for Grand Bahama, said the Cirrus 22 plane crashed minutes after takeoff from the island's international airport. He said the pilot radioed that the plane was "experiencing some engine problems."

A statement from the Royal Bahamas Police Force said the aircraft was destroyed.

Information about the victims' identities was not immediately provided by Bahamian authorities. Seymour said police were "right in the middle of the investigation."

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IRAQ

Neighbors mending fences

Officials from Iraq and Turkey have pledged to end the tensions plaguing the two neighbors. In a joint news conference in Baghdad with his Turkish counterpart, Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Sunday the tension "has ended and we have started a new page."

- AP

RUSSIA

Bolsheviks heave tomatoes

The banned National Bolshevik party said that its activists threw tomatoes at Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife, Queen Maxima, as they arrived Saturday for a concert in Moscow. Russia's state security agency said they missed their target. - AP
SPAIN
Sex-slave ring busted
Police have arrested 25 Nigerians while breaking up a gang suspected of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, Internet fraud, and money laundering. Police said Sunday that five women victims of sex slavery were freed. - AP

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