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shattered plane came to rest, a fire erupted.
• Despite the violence of the crash, only three people were killed -- Chinese teens seated in the back who may not have been wearing their seatbelts and were thrown from the plane. One of the teenage girls survived the crash but was run over by two rescue vehicles in the chaos afterward. Nearly 200 people were injured.
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Official shutdown doesn't stop prostitution in 'Dolly' red-light district of Indonesian city
• SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- The mayor of Indonesia's second-largest city has officially shut down "Dolly," one of Southeast Asia's biggest red-light districts, but the world's oldest profession is still working despite warnings to stop.
• Dolly -- believed to have been named years ago after a colonial Dutch madam -- was supposed to have closed June 18, but on the main drag, young women in skin-tight miniskirts and heels continue to lure guests into rooms lit only by faint red and pink lights.
• Pimps made no attempt to hide as they stood outside, greeting potential customers. When a sex worker in a karaoke parlor spotted journalists walking past, she ran out with a raised fist and shouted, "Dolly will stay open!"
• Surabaya's reformist mayor Tri Rismaharini has vowed to shutter the area, and the government is offering $425 to each of the estimated 1,500 sex workers to help them get out of the business.
• Rismaharini plans to ease the women out of the work, and gave them until Monday to collect the money. She has not attempted to use force but said she wants the entire complex closed down by the end of the holy month of Ramadan in late July.
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African hopes slowly, surprisingly growing in Brazil; 4 out of 5 in contention for last 16
• RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- It looked like the same sad old story at the World Cup for Africa, the continent which still hasn't quite done it on the big stage.
• Africa has never had a semifinalist -- never mind a real contender for the title -- and initially appeared out of its depth again at the start in Brazil.
• Cameroon was terrible in the first round of matches, African champion Nigeria couldn't even beat Iran and Ghana lost to the United States. After some early promise, Algeria was overrun by Belgium, playing up to the football stereotype that Afri (Continued on page 40)
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