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Madonna stage deaths investigated
A manslaughter investigation is opened after a stage being built for a Madonna concert in France collapsed, killing two people.
Aftermath of stage collapse
Madonna makes Jackson tribute
Madonna reveals summer dates

Chinese health worker tests flight from London 9.7.09 China quarantines school groups
More than 100 schoolchildren from the UK and US are quarantined in Beijing after eight tested positive for swine flu.

Henry Allingham Oldest WW1 veteran dies aged 113
Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving WWI servicemen, dies at the age of 113.

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Local Roma baron Yan Grondovsky and his wife Roma rights
Sweden seen as 'world leader' in treatment of Roma

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