Airliner crash in Madrid kills 153
A Spanair MD-82 crashed during takeoff at Madrid Barajas airport. Some 153 people were believed dead, with 19 survivors reported in critical condition. Investigators ruled out foul play and cited a gauge breakdown delaying departure as a possible factor. Fire and rescue teams battled fires as a makeshift morgue was set up at the convention center.
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Russia digs in as pullback nears in Georgia
Russian forces have entrenched themselves deep inside Georgia near Tbilisi and in western regions, showing few signs of retreat as promised. President Saakashvili accuses a deception campaign while Medvedev pledges to pull back by Friday to South Ossetia, yet Russian camps remain along the Black Sea coast and in central locales. The tense war, the strongest since 1991, strains Moscow’s ties with the West.
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Iraqi US security deal eyed as cities face pullout
Iraqi and U S negotiators say a draft security agreement would have all American troops withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by year end 2011. Some Iraqi cabinet members object to immunity and other provisions while pending government approvals continue.
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