Sicilian defence
Former Italian prime minister, Giulio Andreotti, was accused by a Mafia turncoat of being a Cosa Nostra contact
Battle ready
An American F15 jet takes off from Lakenheath in the UK on a training mission with Nato forces in Spain and Portugal
Gulf chemistry
Members of a Czech nuclear, biological and chemical warfare unit take part in exercises near Doha, Kuwait
Balkan drop
US troops drop by parachutes on to the village of Krusevo, west of the Kosovo capital, Pristina
Twin tragedy
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti leaves church in Montale, northern Italy, after the funeral of his unborn child
Out of the fire
A couple ride a horse over a bonfire in Sant Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, in honour of St Anton, patron saint of animals
Last voyage
The body of an unidentified would-be immigrant lies covered on the beach of Solana Matorral , the Canary Islands
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