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DNA to identify Spain air tragedy victims |
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:59:35 EDT
DNA tests will be needed to identify many of the 153 people killed in a Spanish plane crash, officials say. Authorities say many victims were so badly burned that fingerprint and other identification will be impossible. The crash of flight JK5022 at Madrid's Barajas Airport on Wednesday is Spain's worst air disaster in decades.
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Somalia: Civilians 'butchered' at market |
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:45:33 EDT
Heavy shelling struck Somalia's capital city on Thursday, leaving pools of blood around a neighborhood mosque, a devastated market and 11 civilians dead, according to witnesses and a local journalist.
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NATO denies airstrike killed French troops |
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:38:36 EDT
NATO disputes a report published in one of France's major daily newspapers that said French soldiers involved in deadly fighting in Afghanistan earlier this week were struck by NATO airstrikes.
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Russia says troops will withdraw by Friday |
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:50:16 EDT
Russian forces in Georgia will withdraw to a buffer zone by Friday evening -- two weeks after the initial invasion -- according to the deputy chief of staff of Russia's armed forces.
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Suicide blasts kill at least 100 in Pakistan |
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:38:14 EDT
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the gates of a military arms factory in Pakistan on Thursday, killing 16 and wounding 40, police said.
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Pirates hijack 2 ships off Somalia |
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:36:11 EDT
Pirates hijacked two ships off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, the latest of several attacks that have generated international concern.
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