Latest news from around the web, updated 10 minutes ago.

• World

  • Al Qaeda north African wing claims Algeria bombs
  • 153 killed in Madrid airport plane crash
  • French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban

• Business

  • GM to make a small car with $500 million
  • German tyre firm succumbs to bid
  • Sales Decline, but Cost-Cutting Helps the Gap

• Celebrity

  • Cigarettes in movies seen to cause teen smoking
  • Matt Damon's wife gives birth to girl
  • Microsoft enlists Seinfeld, Gates to battle "Get a Mac" ads

• Politics

  • Giuliani and Romney to crash Democrats' Denver party
  • Wag the Blog: Does Obama Need Clinton on Ticket?
  • Obama Says He’s Chosen VP, Not Saying Who

• Science

  • Panel warns NASA is focused on short-term goals
  • Jump in US measles cases linked to vaccine fears
  • FDA investigates possible Vytorin link to cancer

• Tech

  • NY comptroller: ditch $2 billion wireless network
  • Source: Apple, MTS Agree on iPhone Sales in Russia
  • Actors paid to line up for iPhone in Poland

• Sports

  • Look who's back: Yanks to start Pavano vs. O's
  • Rams RB Jackson signs 6-year, $44 million deal
  • Zambrano finally gets 13th win as Cubs nip Reds

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.

    3 weeks ago

    from Getty Images

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    A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.

    3 weeks ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.

    3 weeks ago

    from Getty Images

• Hot off the wire

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    Paraguay's former President Nicanor Duarte is seen on a TV camera screen as he leaves the Congress in Asuncion, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Duarte, was elected to the Senate during a general election in April but more than half of the senators boycotted his incorporation to the Congress on Thursday.

    1 hour ago

    from AP Photo by Jorge Saenz

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    Andre Hohne of Germany (1866) falls to the track during a lap of the National Stadium at the start of the men's 50 kilometer race walk at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008.

    15 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    PARAMUS, NJ - AUGUST 21: Ben Crane plays a shot on the 4th hole during the first round of The Barclays at Ridgewood Country Club on August 21, 2008 in Paramus, New Jersey.

    42 mins ago

    from Getty Images

• Recently starred

Our editor's pick, and topics with the most buzz in the last ten minutes.

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  2008 Summer Olympics
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  Barack Obama
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  John McCain
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  Hillary Rodham Clinton
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  Stephanie Tubbs Jones

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