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Page last updated at 15:38 GMT, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 16:38 UK
Many dead in Madrid plane crash
At least 45 people are killed as a plane swerves off the runway at Madrid's Barajas airport, Spanish officials say.

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Gary Glitter Glitter 'on flight to Hong Kong'
Paedophile Gary Glitter has left Thailand and is on a flight to Hong Kong, it is reported.

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Bolt claims 200m gold with record
Jamaica's Usain Bolt adds the 200m crown to his Olympic 100m title in an incredible new world record time of 19.30 seconds.


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Countdown search for 'new Carol'
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Intel details new core chip line

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Musharraf - was he a national hero or a failure?
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Bournemouth tries to catch wave power

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