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Page last updated at 23:48 GMT, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 00:48 UK
A helicopter douses the plane wreckage in Madrid, 20/08
Many dead in Madrid plane crash
More than 150 people die as a passenger plane swerves off a runway during take-off in Madrid, the Spanish government says.
'Back end of plane was burnt'
Long wait for answers
Aftermath of plane crash

A launch of a US ground-based interceptor is test-launched (Image: Missile Defense Agency) Russia condemns US missile deal
Russia says a US-Polish missile defence deal creates a new arms race, warning it will react beyond "diplomatic demarches".

Usain Bolt FROM BBC SPORT >>
Bolt claims 200m gold with record
Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the men's 200m gold medal at the Olympics in a record 19.30 seconds.


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Celebrations in Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican glee as Bolt strikes gold in Beijing

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the 200m sprint in Beijing, China (20/08/2008) Thunder Bolt
Joy in Kingston as homegrown hero wins double gold
French soldiers in Kabul, 20/08 Combat losses
Troop deaths feed French doubts over Afghan mission
Girl hanging out cloth to dry in Mali, West Africa [Photo: Barry Perks] The colour purple
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US ELECTIONS 2008
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Mapping the key battlegrounds


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AFRICA
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AMERICAS
US and Poland seal missile deal
ASIA-PACIFIC
Mao's successor Hua Guofeng dies

EUROPE
Sale of bank data alarms Germany
MIDDLE EAST
Lebanon PM visits Iraq for talks
SOUTH ASIA
UK accused of Musharraf exit deal

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TECHNOLOGY
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A Georgian woman stands near a damaged apartment block in Gori, Georgia Fact and fiction
Uncovering human rights abuses in the Georgia conflict
A gendarme stands at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Issers Suicide strikes
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the grrenbird wind-powered vehicle on Australia's Lake Lefroy salt flats Day in pictures
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UK duo take 10km swim medals
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