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Cosmodrome roof collapses

M OSCOW May 12. At least 10 people were killed today when a roof collapsed at Russia's Baikonur space cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian ORT television reported, though other media said the victims could still be alive under the debris.

Three sections of a roof at the cosmodrome, which Russia uses for launching space satellites and rockets, collapsed from a height of around 70 to 100 metres, Interfax quoted the emergency situations ministry as saying.

But there were conflicting reports about the gravity of the accident, with ITAR-TASS saying that the Russian space agency had dispatched a rescue team to the site to help recover victims trapped in the building. — AFP

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