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Nov 09 2008

Hurricane Paloma batters Cuba

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Cuba has already suffered $5 billion in damage from two hurricanes this year [EPA]
Hurricane Paloma has weakened to a category two storm after toppling trees and damaging homes across Cuba.

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Nov 08 2008

Hurricane Paloma gains strength

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Cuba has already suffered $5 billion in damage from two hurricanes this year [EPA]

Hurricane Paloma has strengthened into a dangerous Category Four storm in the Caribbean as it lashes the Cayman Islands and threatens Cuba.

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Nov 05 2008

German bus fire leaves many dead

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The country's transport minister has promised to investigate the incident [AFP]

Twenty people have been killed after a bus on a German motorway burst into flames in the deadliest bus accident in the country in 16 years.

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Nov 05 2008

Mexico minister killed in air crash

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Mourino was a close adviser to Felipe Calderon, the president [AFP]
Mexico's interior minister has been killed after the small aircraft he was travelling in went down in the centre of Mexico City.

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Nov 04 2008

Deaths as Philippines boat sinks

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At least 39 people, including eight children, have drowned and ten are missing after a boat capsized in the Philippines just 20 minutes into its voyage.