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	1989: Marchioness river crash 'kills 30' At least 30 people die after a pleasure cruiser and a barge collided on the River Thames. 1992: Duchess of York in photos row Intimate photographs of the Duchess of York and a Texan businessman are published in a tabloid newspaper. 1978: Two dead after El Al crew ambushed Two people die during an attack on a bus carrying Israeli airline staff in central London. 1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing The England soccer captain, Bobby Moore, is cleared of charges of stealing in a trial in Colombia. 1992: Iraq jails 'lost' Briton Iraq sentences a British man to seven years in jail for what it calls "illegal entry" into the country.  Around this Day 17 August Top Story 1998: Clinton admits Lewinsky affair 18 August Top Story 1992: Serbian prison camps condemned 19 August Top Story 1987: Gunman kills 14 in Hungerford rampage 21 August Top Story 1968: Russia brings winter to 'Prague Spring' 22 August Top Story 1978: Kenya's founding father dies 23 August Top Story 1990: Outrage at Iraqi TV hostage show