G B_NZ — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (aircraft of the same type involved) 1977 A Libyan Arab Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashed near Benghazi, Libya, killing 59 of the 74 people aboard.
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G B_NZ — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (aircraft of the same type involved) 1977 The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons, later the basis for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed each December 2.
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