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"We have found the smoking gun."

SCOTT HUBBARD,
Columbia Accident Investigation Board member, after a test in which a chunk of foam insulation fired at shuttle wing parts blew open a 40-cm hole

"I shall not leave this place until I find my son."

KHALEDA AKTHAR,
survivor of a ferry accident in Bangladesh, which left more than 530 people missing and presumed dead, including her five-month-old son

"I gave a speech to the nation that was cleared by the intelligence services."

GEORGE...