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A DC-10 airliner, belonging to French airline UTA, is blown up over Niger, killing 170 people, in an attack blamed on Libyan se
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South African History Online. (2012, August 23). A DC-10 airliner, belonging to French airline UTA, is blown up over Niger, killing 170 people, in an attack blamed on Libyan se. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091312
South African History Online (2012) 'A DC-10 airliner, belonging to French airline UTA, is blown up over Niger, killing 170 people, in an attack blamed on Libyan se', South African History Online, 23 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091312 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
South African History Online, A DC-10 airliner, belonging to French airline UTA, is blown up over Niger, killing 170 people, in an attack blamed on Libyan se [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091312, (accessed 26 July 2026).
"A DC-10 airliner, belonging to French airline UTA, is blown up over Niger, killing 170 people, in an attack blamed on Libyan se." South African History Online, 23 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091312. Accessed 26 July 2026.
South African History Online. "A DC-10 airliner, belonging to French airline UTA, is blown up over Niger, killing 170 people, in an attack blamed on Libyan se." South African History Online. August 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0091312.
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