Ida brushes past Mexico, watch issued for US coast
Hurricane Ida swiped the resort city of Cancun on Sunday with bands of wind and rain as it steamed north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where of... Full Story
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Brazil student expelled after wearing mini-dress
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Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia
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Press group: Latam governments moving in on press
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Ida brushes past Mexico, watch issued for US coast
Hurricane Ida swiped the resort city of Cancun on Sunday with bands of wind and rain as it steamed north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where officials issued a hurricane watch for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi.
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AP interview: Pablo Escobar's son asks forgiveness
The son of the late notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar is back in the public eye 15 years after fleeing Colombia for a life of anonymity as an architect in Argentina.
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Mexican army makes large opium seizure
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Ida hurricane watch for Mexico's Caribbean coast
Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.
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TAM: Jet forced to return to JFK
TAM Airlines says one of its jets took off from New York's JFK airport but was forced to return 20 minutes into the flight because of a mechanical problem.
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