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    <text>Four people are killed and sixteen others are injured when a passenger bus crashes due to a brake failure in Kirehe District, Eastern Province, Rwanda. </text>
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  <text>Four people are killed and 16 others are injured when a passenger bus crashes due to a brake failure in Kirehe District, Eastern Province, Rwanda. </text>
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