Many dead in Madrid plane crash
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:21
At least 100 people are killed and many others are injured as a Spanair passenger plane swerves off a runway during take-off at Madrid"s Barajas airport, regional officials tell the BBC.
 

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US vows Guantanamo trials to go on (AFP)

The sun rises over the Camp Delta detention compound at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The top US law enforcement chief vowed Friday that military trials of AFP - The top US law enforcement chief vowed Friday that military trials of "war on terror" suspects held in Guantanamo Bay would go on, as a landmark Supreme Court ruling paved the wave for a flood of appeals.


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Bush "honoured" by Pope"s welcome
US President George W Bush says he is honoured by his special treatment on his final visit to Pope Benedict XVI.