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Almost all passengers and crew on board a packed plane bound for a popular European tourist destination have been killed after it burst into flames on takeoff in Spain, according to emergency officials.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed a controversial deal with Poland to install Washington's missile defense system there.
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A Somali army commander and 17 other soldiers guarding him have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in northern Mogadishu.
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A fire has broken out in Egypt's upper house of parliament in the capital city of Cairo, a security official says.
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An Israeli minister has repeated Olmert's warning that the whole of Lebanon will become a target should Israel enter a new war with Hezbollah.
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The French president is on an emergency visit to Afghanistan after 10 French soldiers were killed in fighting a day earlier.
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Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, has said he will resign from his position, following months of pressure from the country's civilian government.
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The deputy chief of staff of Russia's army has said that the withdrawal of forces from the conflict zone with Georgia has begun.
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Tens of thousands of Muslims have taken to the streets of Indian Kashmir's main city to demand that the United Nations recognise their right to self-determination.
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Hezbollah has signed a memorandum of understanding with a local Sunni faction in Lebanon, a move that could help defuse sectarian tensions that have cost the lives of more than 100 people.
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Israel's cabinet has agreed to release 200 Palestinian prisoners, including two jailed 30 years ago for attacks on Israelis.
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There is confusion over the Russian deployment inside Georgia after an army commander said that troops had been ordered to withdraw following a ceasefire deal.
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