The World : Sudan Plane Downed, 8 Die
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A Sudanese province governor, a bishop and a foreign relief coordinator for the Band Aid African hunger program were among eight people killed when rebels shot down their aircraft over southern Sudan. The official Sudan News Agency identified the official as Makour Deshgai, governor of southern Sudan’s Lakes province. Also killed was an Anglican bishop, John Milau, and Mark Fletcher, a South African-born Belgian resident who worked for the rock music charity Band Aid, coordinating relief operations in southern Sudan with World Vision International. Rebels downed the aircraft near the town of Rumbek, firing a SAM-7 missile.
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