The London-bound plane struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the northwestern city of Ahmedabad minutes after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 on board and at least 29 on the ground.

People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.

Israel's military says the nine nuclear scientists killed played spent decades working on Iran's nuclear program.

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