| Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba |
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| CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) -- Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.... |
| US re-examines Afghan civilian deaths from attack |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military said Sunday it has new evidence about civilian casualties from an American attack that Afghanistan says killed scores of women and children and it is sending a senior officer to the country to review its initial finding that no more than seven civilians died.... |
| Ike's floods kill 58, add insult to Haiti's misery |
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| GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) -- Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters for the second time in a week on Sunday as squalls from Hurricane Ike killed 58 people and collapsed a bridge that cut the last land route into the starving city of Gonaives.... |
| Rice: Not wise to end Cuban economic embargo now |
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| RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- The Bush administration said Sunday it sees no wisdom now in ending an economic embargo against Cuba, a longtime demand the Havana government renewed as a way to speed aid after Hurricane Gustav swamped the island.... |
| Democrats retain veto power in Hong Kong election |
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| HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp has won more than a third of seats in legislative elections, retaining its veto power over major legislation.... |
| Georgian president vows to reclaim 2 provinces |
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| TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- On the eve of a European Union shuttle mission to convince Russia to pull its troops back to prewar positions, Georgia's president vowed Sunday to regain control of two breakaway provinces with the help of "the rest of the world."... |
| Egypt rock slide toll rises to 32 |
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| CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Hopes diminished Sunday for finding survivors among hundreds of people believed trapped beneath massive boulders that destroyed an impoverished neighborhood on Cairo's outskirts, killing at least 32 people, including whole extended families.... |
| Canada's prime minister calls early election |
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| TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's prime minister on Sunday triggered an early election, dissolving Parliament in a bid to bolster his party's grip on power in a vote next month that will be the country's third national ballot in four years.... |
| Health chiefs battle to bring back Iraqi doctors |
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| BAGHDAD (AP) -- A kidney specialist who fled Iraq's bombings, kidnappings and sectarian killings 20 months ago has reported back to work at his Baghdad hospital - one of some 800 doctors who have returned over the summer.... |
| China's new prosperity fuels fitness craze |
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| BEIJING (AP) -- Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.... |