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tasered manup in flames
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7-21-2009 3:28 AM
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the police officer immediately went to his aid
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25813044-953,00.html"><H1>Man bursts into flames after Taser strike in Western Australia</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25813044-953,00.html"><STRONG>A MAN from a remote western desert community was last night being airlifted to a Perth hospital after he was shot by police with a Taser gun and engulfed in flames.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25813044-953,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.news.com.au/img/8E5DEF18-2770-4C93-900D-0E7E909739B5" alt="Taser" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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