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A plane crashes in Puerto Rico mountains having 2 Americans:West ...

Puerto Padre :: Cuba | about 21 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

The plane took off from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and was heading to San Juan. The twin-engine plane slammed into the side of El Yunque mountain and was totally destroyed. A team of machete-wielding rescuers, whose progress was...

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Felon charged with two overnight robberies

West End :: Bahamas | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Nashville Tennessean Online

Metro police have arrested a man suspected of robbing two convenience stores at knifepoint overnight. Robert Carr, 36, who is homeless, is being held on $163,000 bond. According to Metro police, a clerk at the Mapco at 4134 Gallatin Pike...

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50 children die in Haiti as a school building collapse

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | 26 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by hardtalk

A hillside school in Haiti, where 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed during classes on Friday, killing at least 50 people and injuring many more. More children were believed buried in the rubble of the concrete building, and the...

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Hurricane Paloma, a Category 3 storm, eyes Cuba

Güines :: Cuba | 26 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Late-season Hurricane Paloma strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it lashed the Cayman Islands with wind and rain Friday, knocking down trees and signs. The storm was expected to lose some strength overnight before punching Cuba's midsection on Saturday,...

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Haiti school collapse toll rises

Pétionville :: Haiti | 27 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: BBC

President Preval later told the Associated Press news agency that he believed poor construction methods, including a failure to use reinforced steel, had been to blame for the building's collapse. Other buildings throughout Haiti were at a similar risk because...

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Owner of collapsed Haiti school arrested

Pétionville :: Haiti | 25 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Haitian police say they have arrested the owner of a school that collapsed and killed at least 88. Police spokesman Garry Desrosier says Fortin Augustin, the preacher who owns and built College La Promesse, was arrested Saturday and charged with...

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Jury reaches verdict in cash suitcase trial

Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Bradenton Herald

Defendant Franklin Duran faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of conspiracy and illegal foreign agent charges. Prosecutors say Duran and others came to Miami last year to cover up the source and destination of a suitcase filled...

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Gumen kill two in separate incidents

Spanish Town :: Jamaica | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Jamaica Star

Rasbert Turner, Star Writer Spanish Town Investigators in Spanish Town, St Catherine, were kept busy yesterday with the killing of two men in separate incidents by gunmen. About 6 p.m., a man known only as Pedigree was shot and killed...

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Amnesty Calls on Obama to Lift Cuba Embargo

Havana :: Cuba | 27 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Epoch Times

President-elect Barack Obama should lift the 46-year-old trade embargo against Cuba, the head of human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday. Obama has said he would grant Cuban Americans unrestricted rights to visit Cuba and send cash to their...

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LEGALLY Turning The Mockery Of Justice Gitmo Tides Just A Little ... ...

Guantánamo :: Cuba | 26 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by doll777

LEGALLY Turning The Mockery Of Justice Gitmo Tides Just A Little ... Just Enough - Guantanamo, Cuba Actually, my main article and the short follow up I wrote already cover all that is substantively in need of exposure about the...

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