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Myanmar Military Plane with 104 Aboard Goes Missing

by Associated Press

   YANGON, MYANMAR --

   A Myanmar military spokesman says a transport plane with more than 100
   people on board has gone missing on a flight from the country's south
   to Yangon.
   Gen. Myat Min Oo said the Chinese-made Y-8 aircraft was carrying 90
   passengers - mostly families of military personnel - and 14 crew
   members when it went missing Wednesday afternoon.