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Twenty survive Kyrgyz aircrash


    BISHKEK (Reuters) - Twenty people survived when a passenger jet carrying 90 people crashed outside Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on Sunday, Prime Minister Igor Chudinov said.

    "According to preliminary information, 20 out of 90 peopleon board survived," he told reporters. Earlier, EmergenciesMinister Kamchibek Tashiyev said 25 people had survived.

    (Writing by Oleg Shchedrov; editing by Jon Boyle)