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149 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport (AP)

Smoke rises from the scene of the crash where a plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Madrid's Barajas airport on August 20, 2008. At least 21 people were killed and 40 were injured when a Spanair passenger jet crashed on takeoff at Madrid airport on Wednesday, a source at Spanish emergency services said.   REUTERS/Paul Hanna   (SPAIN)AP - A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said.


Brown pledges to win next election, despite woes (AFP)

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here in July 2008, insisted Wednesday he would still win Britain's next general election despite trailing in the opinion polls and talk that he could face a leadership challenge.(AFP/Ronen Zvulun)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted Wednesday he would still win Britain's next general election despite trailing in the opinion polls and talk that he could face a leadership challenge.


Beshir says no Sudanese will ever be tried abroad (AFP)

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir speaks during his press conference in Istanbul. Beshir, named as a possible war crimes suspect in Darfur, said here Wednesday that no citizen of his country would ever be handed over to international justice.(AFP/Bulent Kilic)AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, named as a possible war crimes suspect in Darfur, said here Wednesday that no citizen of his country would ever be handed over to international justice.


Officials say US, Iraq finish draft security deal (AP)

U.S. soldiers stand guard as a displaced Iraqi family return to their home in the Jihad area of west Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. Last week the Iraqi army launched a series of raids on the Jihad area, in which they arrested the head of a U.S.-funded Sunni group, aiming to clear the area of suspected insurgents for about 240 displaced families to return. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 2011, Iraqi officials said Wednesday.


Close ally of Colombia's president freed from jail (AP) AP - A former senator close to President Alvaro Uribe was freed from prison on Wednesday, four months after his arrest on charges of colluding with far-right death squads.
Missile strike reported in northwest Pakistan (AP)

A policeman stands guard at a bazaar which is closed due to a strike protesting against the killing of Shi'ite Muslims in Tuesday's suicide blast, in Dera Ismail Khan, August 20, 2008. A suspected suicide bomber killed 23 people in the compound of the hospital in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday as members of a religious minority were holding a protest, police said.    REUTERS/Mustansar Baloch (PAKISTAN)AP - Missiles destroyed a suspected militant hide-out near the Afghan border Wednesday where foreign insurgents were known to frequent, killing at least five people, Pakistani officials said.


Musharraf unwinds, but could face court (AP)

Outgoing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf salutes, as he leaves the presidential house in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Musharraf announced his resignation Monday, ending a nearly nine-year tenure that opponents said was hampering the country's shaky return to democracy. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Ousted from Pakistan's presidency, Pervez Musharraf has been unwinding with friends and admirers and on the tennis court. He's building a roomy farmhouse on the edge of the capital.


Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland (AP)

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (R) exchange documents after signing a deal on basing an American missile shield in Poland, in Warsaw. The United States has ruled out the use of US military force in Georgia, but the Pentagon will almost certainly be looking for other chess pieces to move to check a more aggressive Russia, analysts say.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.


2 Chinese protesters ordered to year in labor camp (AP)

79-year-old mother, Wu Dianyuan, center, and her neighbor Wang Xiuying, 77, wait to apply for a protest permit outside a public security bureau as a Chinese police officer ask them to move on in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. Chinese authorities have ordered the two elderly women to spend one year in a labor camp after they applied to hold a protest during the Beijing Olympics against being forced from their homes, a relative said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Two elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest the loss of their homes have been ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday, as more foreign activists were detained.


Russians dig in as pullback drags on in Georgia (AP)

Russian soldiers patrol the highway near Igoeti, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. A top Russian general said Russia plans to construct a series of checkpoints manned by hundreds of soldiers in the so-called 'security zone' around Georgia's de-facto border with the breakaway territory of South Ossetia. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)AP - Russian forces on Wednesday built a sentry post just 30 miles from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia despite pledges to pull back to areas mandated by a cease-fire signed by both countries.