Dozens of witnesses in Baden-Clay murder hearing

ALLISON Baden-Clay: the committal hearing of her husband Gerard starts Monday, March 11. Source: The Courier-Mail

ACCUSED wife killer Gerard Baden-Clay's committal hearing begins today, almost a year after the real estate agent reported his wife Allison missing.

Forty-three witnesses, including friends, business partners and staff are expected to be called in the high-profile case.

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Allison Baden-Clay was reported missing on April 20, 2012. Her body was found 10 days later under Kholo Creek Bridge in Brisbane's west.

Baden-Clay was charged with murder and interfering with a corpse in June.

The 42-year-old, who has had two unsuccessful bail applications, remains in custody.

He will attend the hearing.

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Dozens killed in Congo plane crash

A file picture of Congolese policemen standing on the runway at the airport in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

DOZENS of people have been killed after a plane crashed into a residential area of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in bad weather, police say.

The aircraft, a Fokker belonging to the local CAA company, was coming from the central mining town of Lodja and went down just before landing at Goma airport, police sources said.

The accident took place during heavy rainfall.

Aircraft accidents are frequent in the vast DR Congo, where many planes are old and airports lack modern equipment.

All of the country's roughly 50 airlines are on the blacklist of the European Union, which has banned them from its airspace.

In February 2012, a close aide to President Joseph Kabila was killed when his plane overshot the runway at Bukavu airport in the country's east.

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