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Looking down from dance floor into hole where rescuers searching2001: Israel wedding party tragedy

At least 20 people are killed and hundreds are injured at a wedding party in Jerusalem when a building collapses.


North Vietnamese soldiers in Saigon; photographer Dinh Quang Thanh 1975: Journalists leave fallen Saigon
A group of 80 reporters and cameramen - including nine Britons - are allowed to fly out of Saigon.

Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper1989: Yorkshire Ripper's wife wins damages
A jury at the High Court in London awards �600,000 damages to Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, against the satirical magazine Private Eye.

Barricades on fire - Paris1968: De Gaulle: 'Back me or sack me'
The President of France, Charles de Gaulle, issues an ultimatum to striking students and workers.

Lawrence Dallaglio1999: Drugs row Dallaglio goes
Lawrence Dallaglio resigns as England's rugby union captain following newspaper allegations over hard drugs.

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Top Story1982: Dozens killed as Argentines hit British ships
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