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Page last updated at 15:30 GMT, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 16:30 UK

Smoke bellows from Madrid plan crash, 20/08
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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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski sign the US missile defence agreement in Warsaw, Poland, 20 August 2008 US and Poland seal missile deal
The US and Poland sign a deal to locate part of a controversial US missile defence shield on Polish territory, angering Russia.

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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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AFRICA
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AMERICAS
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ASIA-PACIFIC
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China Games 'a broadcast record'

EUROPE
Sale of bank data alarms Germany
Birds 'off the pace' with warming

MIDDLE EAST
Lebanon PM visits Iraq for talks
Iran condemned for youth hanging

SOUTH ASIA
US 'help' for Pakistan displaced
New Kashmir curfew after clashes

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