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An airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway during takeoff from the Madrid airport Wednesday and caught fire, Spain's national airport authority said.

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Insurgents mounted two of the biggest attacks in years on Western forces in Afghanistan, killing 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sending a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault early ...

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Aug 19, 2008 1:28 pm US/Central MENLO PARK, Calif. The recent claim made at a press conference in Palo Alto that Bigfoot was found is a hoax, a Bay Area Bigfoot hunter has now acknowledged, CBS station KPIX-TV ...

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Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed sadness over the killing of 10 French soldiers, saying after talks with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy that the fight against extremists needed more ...

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At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a Spanish airliner crashed at Madrid's airport today.

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Federal officials accuse five Midwest states of violating a new pollution standard for tiny soot particles that can cause respiratory distress in children and the elderly.

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An Argentine priest went on trial Tuesday, charged with 17 counts of sexual abuse and corruption of three young boys.

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Tropical Storm Fay moved just off the east coast of Florida early Wednesday after spawning at least seven tornadoes that ripped across sections of the state, the National Hurricane Center reported.

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Lebanon's prime minister traveled to Baghdad on Wednesday in only the third such visit by a top Arab leader since the U.S.-led invasion five and a half years ago.

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