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Video grab of the Madrid airport runway, 20 August 2008
'Twenty die' in Spain plane crash
At least 20 people are killed as a plane swerves off the runway at Madrid airport, emergency services say
Plane skids off Madrid runway
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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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