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50 children die in Haiti as a school building collapse

Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | 23 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 | 23 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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Owner of collapsed Haiti school arrested

Pétionville :: Haiti | 22 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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LEGALLY Turning The Mockery Of Justice Gitmo Tides Just A Little ... ...

Guantánamo :: Cuba | 23 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...

4 news stories / 0 blog posts / 7 images / 19 videos / 3 voices

Owner of Haiti School arrested--88 dead, by Donna Auguste for Biodun ...

Pétionville :: Haiti | 22 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by BiodunIginla

y Donna Auguste AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa by Donna Auguste for Biodun Iginla and Emily Straton of BBC News in Minneapolis and Hong Kong ______________________________________________________________________________ – 8 mins ago PETIONVILLE, Haiti – Police arrested the owner...

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Venezuela storms on eve of elections, 9 dead.

Caracas :: Venezuela | 9 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

At least nine people died in Venezuela after hours of torrential rain that set offlandslides and flooding, on the eve of local elections seen as a test of President Hugo Chavez's popularity. Four died and a fifth was missing in...

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Venezuela's Chavez welcomes Russian warships

La Guaira :: Venezuela | 5 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Russian warships sailed into port in Venezuela on Tuesday in a show of strength as Moscow seeks to counter U.S. influence in Latin America. Russia's first such deployment in the Caribbean since the Cold War is timed to coincide with...

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Flood deaths in Brazil rise to 84

São Paulo :: Brazil | 5 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by carolpadovezi

Rescue efforts are being stepped up in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, where floods killed 84 people and forced 54,000 from their homes. The federal government and other states are sending aid, including helicopters to reach stranded residents....

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Floods, mudslides kill 33 in southern Brazil

São Paulo :: Brazil | 7 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

The death toll from flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in southern Brazil has increased to 33, state media said Monday. The count of deaths from the weekend devastation rose from 20 reported on Sunday as civil defense officials...

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Thousand homeless in Brazil rain flood.

Brasília :: Brazil | 7 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

The rain-fueled flooding in southern Brazil affected 1.5 million residents and cut off four cities -- Rio dos Cedros, Pomerode, Itapoá and Benedito Novo -- from the rest of the nation. Flooding in Brazil's Santa Catarina state has left at...

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