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Added on the 08/03/2010 18:27:44 - Copyright : Le Progrès
A rescue helicopter transports people injured in a vehicle crash that killed five Argentine tourists and a local driver in Mexico's Riviera Maya tourist area in southeastern Quintana Roo state. The head-on collision occurred in the early afternoon of February 18 between Tulum and Puerto Aventuras along a popular stretch of coastline on the Yucatan Peninsula. IMAGES
Outside Paris, residents wake up to a thin layer of snow and frost in the residential town of Malakoff. Road maintenance workers disperse salt at various crosswalks to prevent frost while children play on their way to school. IMAGES
ICRC convoy transports released hostages from the Gaza Strip to Egypt, as part of deal between Hamas and Israel. IMAGES
Images from the Uruguayan Interior Ministry showing drug enforcement officers searching a suitcase in the Carrasco International Airport after 6.5 kg of cocaine was seized from the luggage of a passenger travelling to Madrid. IMAGES
Passengers arrive at Gare de Lyon train station in Paris to catch their train, as France braces for new strikes and mass demonstrations against a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul. IMAGES
Images of a picket line outside London Bridge station on the second day of the British railway workers' strike. Thousands of rail workers staged the latest day-long walkout over pay and working conditions, plunging commutes into chaos and forcing many people to stay at home. Only around a fifth of services are set to operate on heavily reduced hours, with those still running starting much later in the morning than usual and to end as early as 6:30 pm. IMAGES