A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people aboard slammed into a muddy field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport. Nine people died and more than 50 were injured, many seriously.

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The rebels known for maiming victims with machetes have left the West African nation with a population of amputees, as well as countless thousands of orphans and widows.

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• Kenya toddler is first polio infection in 20 years
• Zimbabwe says Mugabe agrees to free detainees

Militants in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel and Israeli planes attacked smuggling tunnels in retaliation as a stable truce between the two sides remained elusive.

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• Palestinians seek $2.8 billion to rebuild Gaza

Antarctic glaciers are melting faster across a much wider area than previously thought, scientists said -- a development that could lead to an unprecedented rise in sea levels.

The United States will withdraw most of its troops from Iraq by August 2010, 19 months after President Barack Obama's inauguration day, according to administration officials who expect Obama to make the announcement this week.

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• U.S. soldiers hurt, interpreter killed in Iraq
• Iraq Sunni politician calls for full abuse probes