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Belfast Telegraph, 04.12.08 01:08 UTC

Drug mule pensioners: The new couriers of choice

A 77-year-old grandmother has been jailed for trying to smuggle Â£1m of cocaine into Britain. Terri Judd investigates the new couriers of choice for the trafficking industry Clad in an ill-fitting ...

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Belfast Telegraph, 03.12.08 12:00 UTC

It's all go in the rainforests of Dominica

This Caribbean island isn't about the beach, its lush interior is the main attraction.

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Miami Herald, 26.11.08 12:34 UTC

Wreck of old slave ship found near Turks & Caicos

Wreckage discovered near Turks and Caicos was identified as the Trouvadore, a slave ship whose occupants formed much of the islands' ancestry.

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USA Today, 20.11.08 00:05 UTC

Nearly 20,000 evacuated in Cuba flooding

HAVANA (AP) — Heavy rains caused a river in eastern Cuba to overflow its banks, flooding highways and more than 2,000 homes, and leading authorities to evacuate nearly 20,000 people, state media said Wednesday.

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Los Angeles Times, 07.11.08 15:32 UTC

Hurricane Paloma heads to Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Rainstorms soaked the Cayman Islands today as late-season Hurricane Paloma bore down on the chain of tiny Caribbean islands, triggering a run on stores and plans to ...

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Seattle Times, 07.11.08 15:02 UTC

Hurricane Paloma heads to Cayman Islands, Cuba

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands Rainstorms soaked the Cayman Islands on Friday as late-season Hurricane Paloma bore down on the chain of tiny Caribbean islands, triggering a run on stores and plans to ...

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Forbes, 15.09.08 17:05 UTC

Lehman = Pan Am

Not to sound harsh, but Lehman Brothers reminds me of Pan Am Airlines. No one (well, beyond their employees) is going to miss them. There are plenty of others to take their place. In the '70s and ...

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BBC Business, 12.09.08 12:00 UTC

Turbulent times

By Robert Plummer Business reporter, BBC News Turbulence in the aviation industry has already brought down a series of small airlines over the past year - but the collapse of XL Airways is on an ...

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CNN Top Stories, 07.09.08 07:00 UTC

'Extremely dangerous' Ike pounds Turks and Caicos

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Ike struck the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 4 storm late Saturday night with winds near 135 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

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Telegraph, 05.09.08 17:32 UTC

US braced for tropical storm Hanna as hurricane Ike looms

A swathe of south-eastern US from Georgia to just south of New York city was today bracing for the arrival of tropical storm Hanna, which forecasters said could strengthen before reaching land.