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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)
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149 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport

AP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

MADRID, Spain - A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid's Barajas airport, killing 149 people on board, officials said.

Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks after former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, left, announced that he is leaving the presidential race and endorsing McCain, in this file photo from Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Giuliani to give keynote at GOP convention

AP - 51 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman also will take center stage at the GOP gathering.

A convoy of Russian armored personnel carriers drive inside western Georgia, near the town of Chorotchku, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but it is still unclear when Russian troops will leave Georgian soil. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

U.S.: breakaway regions part of Georgia

AP - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

ORLANDO, Fla. - President Bush, pushing back against claims by Russia, said Wednesday the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of pro-Western Georgia and that Washington will work with allies to insure Georgia's independence and territorial integrity.

 
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