Ex-US senator dies in plane crash

A former long-serving US senator and at least four other people were killed when a plane crashed near a remote fishing village in Alaska today.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2010 - 22:17

A former long-serving US senator and at least four other people were killed when a plane crashed near a remote fishing village in Alaska today.

The body of Ted Stevens, 86, the longest-serving Republican senator ever, was found in the wreckage by rescuers.

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