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SWEDEN

Francis Halzen wins Nobel physics prize

Belgian physicist Francis Halzen on Tuesday won the Nobel Prize in physics for work on subatomic particles at the South Pole, the award jury said. "This year's prize is about ghostly messengers from space," Ellen Moons, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, told a news conference. Halzen was honored "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin", the jury said.

NIGERIA

Plane crash death toll lowered to 25 from 32

The Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday lowered the death toll from its plane that crashed a day earlier to 25 from 32, as it released the victims' names — which included civilians — and said no survivors were found. Flight "NAF 931 had 25 persons on board, comprising five crew members and 20 passengers", Air Force spokesman Ehimen Ejodame said in a statement, adding, "No survivors have been found."

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