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RESIDENTS at certain addresses in the Gaza Strip have been receiving unusual phone calls since the Israeli air assault began on Saturday - a request that they and their families leave their homes as soon as possible for their own safety.

<p>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian state TV reported 80 people were killed when their passenger plane caught fire as it was landing Friday in Mashhad, northeastern Iran.</p> <p>The fire began after a tire blew out as the aircraft was landing, television reported.</p>

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 2/22/04 - Mashhad, Qom, Tehran, Archangelsk, Meridiani Planum, Plesetsk cosmodrome, Fallujah BREAKING: Mashhad, Iran - deserted polling for the fixed election BREAKING: Tehran, Iran - A visit to terrorists BREAKING: 'Archangelsk' - Putin at the failed demonstration BREAKING: Meridiani Planum, Mars - US technology rocks QFN ==== QUAGMIRE-FREE NEWS Exclusive to FReerepublic PICTURES YOU MAY NEVER SEE IN THE GENERAL MEDIA ========= Mashhad ========= BREAKING: FIXED ELECTIONS In Mashhad, Iran, a deserted public polling station in a boycott after the conservative [Iranian Conservative = American leftist] Islamic theocracy banned ~2,400 candidates.Only the...

TEHRAN, April 16 (AFP) - The convicted serial killed of 16 prostitutes in city of Mashhad in 2000 and 2001 was hanged at dawn on Wednesday, IRNA reported. Saeed Hanai, who confessed to killing women ranging in age from 20 to 50 and all with drugs and prostitution records, is to be executed inside Mashhad prison. The serial killer strangled his victims with a scarf before abandoning their bodies around the northeastern city. Prostitution, a thriving industry under the former shah but banned after the 1979 Islamic revolution, has been making a comeback as Iran experiences unemployment and economic woes....