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At least seven people are killed in a plane crash at Madrid airport, emergency services say.
2 hours 10 min ago
Press question French Afghan role after heavy loss
2 hours 42 min ago
Russia rejects a draft UN Security Council resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicted last week's truce terms.
2 hours 50 min ago
An Australian court rules 86-year-old Charles Zentai can be extradited to Hungary for alleged WWII war crimes.
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BBC readers recall their motoring adventures
3 hours 31 min ago
French birds are moving northwards in response to climate change, but not fast enough, a study suggests.
3 hours 59 min ago
The US and Poland sign a deal to locate part of a controversial US missile defence shield on Polish territory, angering Russia.
4 hours 14 min ago
A French cosmetic surgeon accused of having mutilated dozens of patients is arrested in Spain.
4 hours 15 min ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy travels to Afghanistan to support his troops, a day after a deadly attack by Taleban fighters.
4 hours 31 min ago
An alleged high-ranking mafia boss, believed to be a key player in drugs trafficking, is extradited to Italy from Canada.
4 hours 58 min ago
The Competition Commission says BAA may have to sell three of its seven UK airports - two in London and one in Scotland.
5 hours 29 min ago
How conflict reshaped Georgia's restive regions
8 hours 14 min ago
Killing of French troops shows more brazen Taleban
9 hours 16 min ago
Rafael Nadal will be the top seed in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, in next week's US Open.
15 hours 32 min ago
Russia accuses Nato of bias after the alliance warns Moscow that normal relations are impossible while its troops remain in Georgia.
16 hours 14 min ago
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asks the UN war crimes tribunal to replace a judge in his genocide case, claiming bias.
Tue, 19/08/2008 - 20:02
Ten French soldiers die in fighting east of Kabul in one of the heaviest losses suffered by peacekeepers in Afghanistan.
Tue, 19/08/2008 - 18:02
Ex-pop star Gary Glitter is deported from Vietnam after spending almost three years in jail for sexually abusing two girls.
Tue, 19/08/2008 - 18:02
Send us your memories of 1968 Soviet crackdown
Tue, 19/08/2008 - 17:07
Nato says there will be "no business as usual" with Russia, demanding Moscow withdraw troops from Georgia immediately.
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