WORLD IN BRIEF : TURKEY : Soviet Pilot Steals Plane, Seeks Asylum
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A Soviet pilot stole a small plane in the Ukrainian city of Izmail and flew it to a Black Sea beach in northwestern Turkey, where he landed and asked for asylum, officials said. The pilot was identified as Valeri Yurevic, 29, a former commercial aviator. The Soviet news agency Tass said Yurevic had resigned from Aeroflot.
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