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TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH BY SERGE DANIEL The wreck of a burnt-out Boeing 727 lies in the desert some 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Gao in the northeast of the impoverished west African country on the southern edge of the Sahara on December 10, 2009. UN authorities said the plane transported cocaine from Venezuela to the west African country. According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the Boeing 727 landed on a makeshift airstrip and unloaded a cargo of illegal drugs before crashing as it tried to take off. AFP PHOTO SERGE DANIEL (Photo credit should read SERGE DANIEL/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH BY SERGE DANIEL The wreck of a burnt-out Boeing 727 lies in the desert some 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Gao in the northeast of the impoverished west African country on the southern edge of the Sahara on December 10, 2009. UN authorities said the plane transported cocaine from Venezuela to the west African country. According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the Boeing 727 landed on a makeshift airstrip and unloaded a cargo of illegal drugs before crashing as it tried to take off. AFP PHOTO SERGE DANIEL (Photo credit should read SERGE DANIEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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