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Breaking News Sun, 7 Sep 2008
In this June 29, 2006 photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, a U.S. military guard keeps watch from a tower overlooking the perimeter of Camp Delta detention center, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. US military officers are probing new allegations of abuse at Guantanamo.
Cuba   Photos   Politics   Trade   USA  
 The Australian 
US not ready to lift Cuba embargo
| THE US is not prepared to lift its trade embargo against Cuba, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said today, after Havana urged Washington to ease restrictions in the wake of a devastating hurr... (photo: AP Photo / Brennan Linsley)
Cuba
Cuba   Flooding   Hurricane   Photos   Weather  
 The Times of India 
Cuba braces for Hurricane Ike; several evacuated
| 8 Sep 2008, 0026 hrs IST,AFP             HAVANA: Barely a week after Hurricane Gustav devastated western Cuba, the island was battening down the hatches again on Sunday... (photo: GFDL / Angelo Lucia)
Floods  Star Tribune 
More floods, 10 deaths as Ike hits rain-soaked Haiti, wiping out roads and threatening dam
| GONAIVES, Haiti - Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters Sunday for the second time in a week as squalls from Hurricane Ike added insult to their misery, inundating homes and coll... (photo: Public domain / )
Disaster   Enviroment   Nature   Photos   Weather  
Afghan Community Observes International Day of Peace .  Denver Post 
Afghan tribal leader's trial set
| NEW YORK — By his own account, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai resisted the Soviet Union's invasion of his country three decades ago, then put down his weapons when U.S. forces show... (photo: UN / Khost Office )
Afghanistan   Development   Peace   Photos   Politics  
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Residents wade through a flooded street after heavy rains in Gonaives, Haiti Denver Post
Islands suffer Ike's fury
| An Haitian mother and baby slept in a temporary shelter at the Bicentenary High School in Saint Marc, 96 kilometers north of Port Au Prince on Saturday. (Agence France-... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos)
Climate   Haiti   Islands   People   Photos  
Flood victims leave the area in the back of a truck through flooded streets after Tropical Storm Hanna hit the area in Gonaives, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Hanna has killed 166 people in ABC News
Haitians Flee Gonaives Before Ike Reaches Island
By JONATHAN M. KATZ Associated Press Writer | GONAIVES, Haiti September 7, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press | FONT SIZE | A man walks through flood waters as he pulls a whe... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos)
Aid   Disaster   Haiti   Hurricane   Photos  
 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at a meeting of the French mayors association in  The Star
Sarkozy to seek Russian breakthrough on Georgia
| PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to Moscow on Monday to tell Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to comply with a month-old peace plan for G... (photo: AP Photo)
EU   Energy   Georgia   Photos   Russia  
Male whale shark at Georgia Aquarium Star Bulletin
Shark spurs wave of worry Windward
Star-Bulletin Staff | Officials posted warning signs and closed windward Oahu beaches after a shark was spotted near Kailua Beach while lifeguards, police and the fire de... (photo: Creative Commons / BetacommandBot )
Animal   Nature   Photos   Police   Wildlife  
On Saturday, Sept. 6, Hurricane Ike was still a powerful Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, and he's eyeing the Bahamas and Hispaniola on Sep Boston Herald
Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm
| PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - Hurricane Ike roared across the low-lying Turks and Caicos Islands before dawn Sunday as people in the British territory sought refug... (photo: NASA / NOAA GOES Project )
Disaster   Hurricane   Nature   Photos   Weather  
This image provided by NOAA taken at 11:45 p.m. EDT Saturday Sept. 6, 2008 shows Hurricane Ike over the Turks and Caicos. At 200 a.m. EDT the large eye of hurricane ike was located over the Turks iand Caicos Islands and about 115 miles east of Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas. Ike is moving on a motion just south of due west near 15 mph. A west to west-southwest motion is expected to continue today with a turn toward the west-northwest expected on Monday. On this track the core of the hurricane will move over or near the southeastern Bahamas this morning and move near or over eastern Cuba tonight and early Monday. Maximum sustained winds remain near 135 mph with higher gusts. Ike is an extremely dangerous Category Four Hurricane according to forecasters. Some strengthening is possible before Ike moves over easte The Star
Menacing Hurricane Ike powers toward Cuba, Gulf
| HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike barreled toward Cuba as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on Sunday and was forecast to sweep into the central Gulf of Mexico as ... (photo: AP / NOAA)
Cuba   Hurricane   Photos   US   Weather  
Haiti The Times of India
Humanitarian crisis in Haiti as 500 are killed
|                 | PORT-AU-PRINCE : More than 500 people were found dead in Haiti as international aid trickled Saturday to ... (photo: Public Domain / )
Disasters   Haiti   People   Photos   Society  
Hurricane Ike off the Lesser Antilles CNN
'Extremely dangerous' Ike pounds Turks and Caicos
| MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Ike struck the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 4 storm late Saturday night with winds near 135 mph, according to the National H... (photo: NASA)
Caribbean   Disaster   Environment   Hurricane   Photos  
A man carries a suitcase as he pushes his bike through a flooded street after Tropical Storm Hanna hit the area in Gonaives, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Austin American Statesman
Waterlogged city fears more flooding from powerful hurricane.
| GONAIVES, Haiti — Hundreds of people fled the waterlogged city of Gonaives on Saturday for higher ground as Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and com... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos)
Disaster   Flooding   Haiti   Hurricane   Photos  
Business & Economy Sport
- US not ready to lift Cuba trade embargo despite storm: Rice
- Continental charges $15 a bag
- Mexico looks to S. Korea, Japan for gas
- Drug trafficking is $10 billion business in Mexico
Continental airlines
Continental charges $15 a bag
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- Can Americans learn to love cricket?
- Jamaica's Powell fails to break Bolt's world record
- Bradley Likes His US Side's "Good Position"
- Khan Backs Cuban Trainer
 Bob Bradley, center, new interim head coach of the U.S. Men National Team, talks to some of his players during soccer practice Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, in Carson, Calif-ayt1
U.S. Soccer
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Political Issues Global Trade
- US not ready to lift Cuba embargo
- Hurricane Ike drops to Category 3 storm approachiing Cuba
- Rice: Not Wise To End Cuban Economic Embargo Now
- Rice: Not wise to end Cuban economic embargo now
In this June 29, 2006 photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, a U.S. military guard keeps watch from a tower overlooking the perimeter of Camp Delta detention center, Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. US military officers are probing new allegations of abuse at Guantanamo.
US not ready to lift Cuba embargo
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- Exchange students reunite in Nicaragua
- Escaping Africa's oil curse?
- Stock exchange ahead for Central America
- Gustav pushing oil prices higher
 A man buys fuel on the black market in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, June 7, 2006. Nigeria is Africa´s leading oil exporter and the United States´ fifth-largest supplier, usually exporting 2.5 million barrels daily. Militant attacks
Escaping Africa's oil curse?
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Society & Culture Health
- Ike zeroes in on Cuba
- Powerful storm raises fears from Caribbean to Gulf (AP)
- Exchange students reunite in Nicaragua
- Woman's mission: Keep Hispanic youths in school
Mexico
Mexico undergoes legal revolution
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- Caribbean, Florida, Gulf on edge over Ike
- Florida, Cuba, La. Brace For Ike
- Ike looms as Haiti counts the dead from 3 storms
- Mexico undergoes legal revolution
Flood Victims Receive Food and Water Supplies in Gonaives, Haiti
Peacekeepers, aid workers race to feed Haitians
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Science & Technology Human Rights
- Cuban adventure
- Mics, cameras found in Guatemalan presidential palace
- Movers roundup: Aruba Networks, Aflac
- Aruba Networks declines after analyst downgrade
 Alvaro Colom greets supporters after winning Guatemala´s presidential elections in Guatemala City
Mics, cameras found in Guatemalan presidential palace
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- Sarkozy to seek Russian breakthrough on Georgia
- Yale University: In Focus: Ulysses S. Grant Program
- Mexico: Supreme Court Upholds Mexico City Abortion Law
- U.S. military sending foreign fighters to home nations
 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at a meeting of the French mayors association in
Sarkozy to seek Russian breakthrough on Georgia
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