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Somalia's Fly Africa wants Addis to pay for downed plane

Last May, Ethiopian troops stationed northwest of Mogadishu mistakenly shot down one of Fly Africa's planes. The airliner has now hired a law firm to seek compensation. [...] (268 words)

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