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IN PICS: News of the world Aug 16
The crowd look at the new glass obelisk memorial to the victims killed in the bomb blast ten years ago in Market Street in Omagh, Northern Ireland. Twenty nine people and two unborn twins were killed when a bomb exploded in the busy market town of Omagh in 1998. (Getty Images)
A helicopter starts for spreading the gas with his rotor blades after a fire in a lacquer company caused the leakage of toxic carbon dioxide in Moenchengladbach, Germany. Seventy-two people were injured after inhaling the gas, three needed to be resuscitated with others remaining in hospital. The area was closed off and a highway exit closed. Officials advised citizens to close their windows and stay at home.(Getty Images)
