Haiti’s storm toll climbs to 600; Cuba evacuates 800,000
HAVANA: Hurricane Ike slammed into Cuba Sunday,
the second major storm to hit the island in a little over a week,
making landfall in the eastern province of Holguin as a major
Category Three hurricane, weather officials said.
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McCain takes 4-point lead over Obama in poll
US: Republican John McCain heads into the final
stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over
Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday
showed.
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Koike set to launch bid to be Japan's first woman PM
TOKYO: Former TV anchorwoman Yuriko Koike
signalled Monday she would run to be Japan's first female prime
minister, as a buoyant opposition vowed to cut short the tenure of
any new leader.
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