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Use planes over cars, urges poor nation

THE government of Kazakhstan, an ex-Soviet country the size of Western Europe with an average weekly wage of $114, has urged its citizens to make more use of small planes to replace the "anachronism" of long car journeys. Full Article at NEWS.com.au

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