More than 150 killed in air crash in Russia -Ifax

MOSCOW, July 9 (Reuters) More than 150 people died in a plane crash in the Siberian city of Irkutsk in Russia early today Interfax news agency quoted local prosecutors and police as saying.

''As a result of the air crash, 43 people were taken to hospital with burns. The rest have died, according to our preliminary information,'' Interfax quoted a source at the prosecutor's office in Irkutsk as saying.

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