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1. Seven construction workers are killed near Sevastopol, Crimea, in an overnight fire at a barracks.
   2023-02-02 15:13:28 (First version)
2. Eight construction workers are killed near Sevastopol, Crimea, in an overnight fire at a barracks.
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