Honduras heads toward crisis over referendum
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras' embattled leftist president, fighting for a chance to revamp the constitution, hurled insults at congressional leaders Friday after rejecting the Supreme Court's order to reinstate the military chief he had fired.
Nations:Mexico People:Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez Activities:2009 Honduras Coup Source:(AP)
2009-06-26
Unexpected twists make 2008 an epochal year
Washington - Here's the way the world looked last January: Hillary Rodham Clinton was a lock to win the Democratic nomination for president, and probably the election, too. The economy wasn't great, but it wasn't awful, either - many experts thought we'd avoid global recession. Meanwhile, Iraq seemed a lost case five years after the US invasion. And the price of gas? Hoo boy. It had passed $3 a gallon and was galloping upward, no limit in sight.
Nations:Iraq Afghanistan North Korea Pakistan U.S. Russia People:Michael Phelps Hillary Clinton Nicolas Sarkozy Mitt Romney Rudy Giuliani Robert Zoellick Activities:Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy US Election 2008 Madoff Fraud Case 2008 Societe Generale Fraud
2008-12-31
Russian warships causing no ripples in Pentagon
WASHINGTON - Russian warships have been plying the waters off Venezuela and Panama in recent weeks and are now heading for Cuba, but U.S. officials are not so much wringing their hands as yawning.
Nations:Venezuela Russia Cuba Ukraine Poland People:Hugo Chavez Condoleezza Rice Vladimir Putin Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2008-12-16
Around the world, US vote sparks buzz for change
BERLIN - Throngs packed plazas and pubs around the world to await U.S. elections results Tuesday, many inspired by Barack Obama's promise of change amid a sense of relief that -- no matter who wins -- the White House is changing hands.
Nations:France Germany Israel Cuba U.K. Kuwait People:Barack Obama Sarah Palin John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-11-04
Hurricane Ike turns west, away from Florida Keys
KEY WEST, Fla. - Residents in the Florida Keys breathed a sigh of relief Monday as a fierce Hurricane Ike turned west on a path away from the low-lying island chain. But Gulf Coast states watched anxiously to see if the storm was gunning for them instead.
Nations:U.S. Cuba Mexico France Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike 2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(AP)
2008-09-08
Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on
CAMAGUEY, Cuba - Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, tearing off roofs and sending waves crashing into buildings, as 900,000 Cubans fled to shelters or higher ground and Havana residents in decaying historic buildings prepared for a direct hit.
Nations:Cuba Haiti Mexico U.S. People:Fidel Castro Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-08
Killer Ike hits Cuba after lashing Bahamas, Haiti
CAMAGUEY, Cuba - Hurricane Ike roared onto Cuba Sunday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
Nations:Mexico U.S. People:Fidel Castro Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-08
Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf
KEY WEST, Fla. - Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S. Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida to Mexico to wonder where it will eventually strike.
Nations:U.S. Cuba Haiti Mexico Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike Source:(AP)
2008-09-07
Powerful storm raises fears from Caribbean to Gulf
KEY WEST, Fla. - "Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico, to nervously wonder where it would eventually strike.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Cuba Haiti Activities:2008 Hurricane Ike 2008 Hurricane Hanna 2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(AP)
2008-09-06
Powerful Gustav rips across Cuba, 300,000 evacuate
HAVANA - Cubans returned from shelters to find flooded homes and washed-out roads Sunday, but no deaths were reported after a monstrous Hurricane Gustav roared across the island and into the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico.
Nations:Cuba U.S. Dominican Republic Jamaica Mexico Spain Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-08-31
Gustav slams Cuba as Cat 4 storm; many evacuated
HAVANA - Gustav howled into Cuba's Isla de Juventud as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane on Saturday while both Cubans and Americans scrambled to flee the path of the fast-growing storm.
Nations:Cuba U.S. Jamaica Mexico Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(AP)
2008-08-30
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina.
Nations:Cuba Mexico Jamaica U.S. Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(AP)
2008-08-30
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