Wednesday 20 August 2008
Madrid plane crash kills more than 150
At least 153 people have been killed and 19 injured when a Spanair jet carrying 173 people crashed at Madrid airport. The jet broke up in flames when it attempted an emergency landing after take-off.
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- SPAIN - AVIATION
- Madrid plane crash kills more than 150
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- At least 153 people have been killed and 19 injured when a Spanair jet carrying 173 people crashed at Madrid airport. The jet broke up in flames when it attempted an emergency landing after take-off.
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- FRANCE - AFGHANISTAN
- Bodies of French soldiers return from Afghanistan
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- The bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week arrived in Paris late evening on Wednesday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a crisis visit to Kabul after one of the deadliest attacks on French troops in recent history.
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- POLAND - USA
- Rice signs missile shield deal with Poland
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- The United States and Poland signed a US missile shield deal Wednesday, intended to ward off an Iranian or North Korean attack. Russia has protested vociferously against the deal, which would base 10 US interceptor missiles in Poland.
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- ALGERIA - BLASTS
- Deadly attacks rock Algeria - again
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- Just a day after a suicide bombing at an Algerian paramilitary training centre killed 43 people (photo), new blasts were reported in the eastern town of Bouira, leaving at least 11 people dead.
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- RUSSIA - NATO
- Russia freezes military cooperation with NATO
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- Following an intensified diplomatic standoff between Moscow and the West over the Georgian crisis, Russia has frozen its military cooperation with NATO, the Norwegian defence ministry said Wednesday.
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- BEIJING 2008 - SPRINT
- Bolt grabs 200m gold and crushes world record
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres, crossing the finish line in a new world record time of 19.30 seconds and completing a historic double win after his victory in the 100 metre event.
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- USA - VOTE 2008
- Speculation on Obama's vice-president
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- The New York Times said Monday that three candidates were on the short list for the Democrats' vice-presidential candidate -Senator Joseph Biden, Senator Evan Bayh and Governor Tim Kaine. Biden has emerged as a favourite with the media.
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- UN - RUSSIA - GEORGIA
- Russia circulates draft UN resolution on Georgia
- Wednesday 20 August 2008
- After blocking a Western draft that demanded an immediate Russian withdrawal from South Ossetia, Russia circulated its own draft resolution, which restates a six-point peace plan signed last week with Georgia.
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