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G8 backs Greek euro membership The leaders of the G8 group of major economies say they want Greece to remain in the eurozone, and commit to promoting growth. China activist Chen heads for US Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy caused a diplomatic crisis, leaves China on a plane heading for the US. Aborted lift-off for spaceship The US firm SpaceX aborts the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station. French rally car crash kills two A rally car ploughs into spectators in the Var region of southern France, killing a marshal and one other person, and injuring 17. School bomb kills girl in Italy A bomb outside a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi kills a teenage girl and injures five other people as children gather for classes. Powerful car bomb hits Syria city At least nine people are killed and dozens injured after a powerful car bomb explodes in eastern Syria, officials say. US baby boomers in Hep C warning US baby boomers are advised to get tested for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C, in a move health officials say could save 120,000 lives. China tunnel explosion 'kills 20' An explosion in a road tunnel being constructed in central China's Hunan province kills at least 20 people, state media say.