The World - News from Nov. 11, 1985
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A gunman suspected of having ties to anti-government rebels seized a Uganda Airlines plane on a domestic flight with 49 people aboard and forced the pilot to land in rebel-controlled territory, officials said. A man claiming to represent the National Resistance Army telephoned the British Broadcasting Corp. offices in Nairobi and said the twin-engine plane was seized because Uganda Airlines is “used to ferry military personnel.”
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