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The Madrid bombings

Madrid train bombing
March 11 2004: A view through a broken window of the train Photograph: Ricardo Cases/AFP
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March 11 2004: Rescue workers and ambulances work at the Atocha railway station Photograph: Johannes Simon/AFP
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March 11 2004: Two victims sit on the pavement Photograph: Jos Huesca/EPA
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March 11 2004: The wreckage of a commuter train at the station Photograph: Sergio Barrenechea/EPA
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March 11 2004: Rescue workers remove a victim from a train Photograph: Peter DeJong/AP
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March 11 2004: People queue to give blood Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features
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March 12 2004: Over two million people protest at Atocha square against the bombings Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP
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March 13 2004: Candles are diplayed at El Pozo train station in memory of the victims of the blasts Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP
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March 13 2004: Demonstrators denouce prime minister Jose Maria Aznar's ruling Popular Party (PP) in Seville, as government-called demonstrations in memory of the victims of the train attacks in Madrid turned into anti-government protests over Spain's participation in the US war on Iraq Photograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP
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March 14 2004: The conservative Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy answers journalists' questions after voting in the general election, three days after the bombings in Madrid Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP
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March 14 2004: Socialist party PSOE leader, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, answers journalists' questions after he cast his ballot in the elections Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP
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Six of the 29 men charged with 191 counts of murder and 1,755 counts of attempted murder in the Madrid train bombings, from left to right at the top: Emilio Suarez Trashorras, Jamal Zougam and Rabei Osman. From left to right at the bottom, Hasan al Haski, Youssef Belhadj and Abdelmajid Bouchar Photograph: EFE/AP
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April 3 2004: Police search the building where an explosion took place in the Madrid suburb of Leganes. A Spanish special forces policeman and four suspects died in the explosion during a police stake-out as part of an investigation into the March 11 train bombings. The suspects blew themselves up after they were surrounded in the massive security stake-out Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP
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March 1 2005: A column full of hand written messages and the word paz, peace, remembering the victims of the train bombings Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP
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March 11 2005: Empty chairs are set up in front of Reina Sofia museum during a performance marking the first anniversary of the train bombings Photograph: Samuel Aranda/AFP
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February 15 2007: The first defendant to take the stand, front left in cream jacket, Egyptian Rabei Osman, sits in the annex of the national court in Madrid Photograph: Juanjo Martin/AP
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March 11 2007: A hand points to the name of a relative inside Atocha station during the anniversary ceremony in memory of the 191 people killed and more than 1,800 wounded in the bombing attacks Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP
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