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Seven dead in plane crash in Iraq's Kurdish region

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A small private jet crashed shortly after takeoff in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah on Friday killing seven people, an airport official said. Among the dead were three members of the flight crew, while the remaining four were technicians and shareholders with Iraqi mobile phone company Asiacell, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.