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Ireland petrol station blast kills nine
Ireland petrol station blast kills nine

At least nine people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in Ireland's northwest, police said on Saturday. An aerial photograph taken after the explosion showed the petrol station building destroyed.

Deadly Burkina jihadist attack, catalyst for latest coup
Deadly Burkina jihadist attack, catalyst for latest coup

Haulier Aziz falters as he describes how jihadists attacked a convoy of lorries laden with food for a starving town in northern Burkina Faso on September 26, events which contributed to the country's latest coup. The convoy had left Ouagadougou for Djibo, one of the main cities in northern Burkina, which has been subject to an 18-month blockade by jihadists.

Air France, Airbus face trial over 2009 Rio-Paris disaster
Air France, Airbus face trial over 2009 Rio-Paris disaster

Air France and aircraft maker Airbus go on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 crash of a flight from Brazil, killing all 228 people aboard. Its president, Daniele Lamy, said that instead of trying to pin the blame on the pilots, "We want this trial to be that of Airbus and Air France."

UK train commuters hit by further strikes over pay
UK train commuters hit by further strikes over pay

Train passengers in Britain faced severe disruption on Saturday, with only one in five services running as railway workers staged another walkout over wages. Railway workers staged another walkout on Wednesday and also took strike action last Saturday, resulting in only 11 percent of trains running nationwide.

Moscow says blast damages key Crimea-Russia bridge
Moscow says blast damages key Crimea-Russia bridge

Moscow announced Saturday that a truck explosion ignited a huge fire and severely damaged the key Kerch bridge -- built as Russia's sole land link with annexed Crimea -- and vowed to find the perpetrators without immediately blaming Ukraine. It is hugely important to the Kremlin and Moscow had maintained the bridge crossing was safe despite the fighting.