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Irma weakens after pummelling Miami
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/09/2017
» MIAMI -- Hurricane Irma converted streets into rivers, hammered Caribbean islands and the Florida Keys with deadly fury, and left about 3 million people without power and millions temporarily displaced.
Killer Hurricane Irma heads for Florida
Reuters, Published on 09/09/2017
» HAVANA - Hurricane Irma lashed Cuba and the Bahamas as it drove toward Florida on Friday after hitting the eastern Caribbean with its devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
Nations rush to help islands devastated by Hurricane Irma
Associated Press, Published on 08/09/2017
» PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- French, British and Dutch military authorities rushed aid to a devastated string of Caribbean islands Thursday after Hurricane Irma left at least 11 people dead and thousands homeless as it spun toward Florida for what could be a catastrophic blow this weekend.
Irma devastates Caribbean, assaults southern US
Associated Press, Published on 07/09/2017
» SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Irma lashed Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds Wednesday night, leaving nearly 900,000 people without power as authorities struggled to get aid to small Caribbean islands already devastated by the historic storm.
Powerful Hurricane Irma hits first Caribbean islands
Associated Press, Published on 06/09/2017
» ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history made its first landfall in the islands of the northeast Caribbean early Wednesday, churning along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend.
Citizenship for sale
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/03/2017
» Having multiple passports and citizenship that bears no relation to where you were born is something most people associates with James Bond or Jason Bourne. But these days it is no longer simply the stuff of spy stories.
Chinese parents wary of World Cup dreams
AFP, Published on 24/12/2016
» BEIJING: Beijing's dream of making China a football powerhouse depends on millions of children taking up the sport, but even coaches say that tradition-minded parents view the game as a wasteful distraction from school.
Walsh to become Bangladesh specialist bowling coach
AFP, Published on 01/09/2016
» ST. JOHN'S (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA) - Former West Indies paceman Courtney Walsh has agreed a three-year deal to become specialist bowling coach with the Bangladesh team, the West Indies Cricket Board announced Wednesday.
Rain holds up India's victory push
AFP, Published on 24/07/2016
» NORTH SOUND (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA) - India's push for victory on the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies has been interrupted by rain with the home side at 76 for two following-on in their second innings, a deficit of 247 runs, when an early lunch was taken on Sunday.
Windies 90-3 at lunch in reply to India's 566-8
AFP, Published on 24/07/2016
» NORTH SOUND (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA) - India's perseverance paid off with two wickets in the last 45 minutes of the morning session as West Indies were pegged back to 90 for three, replying to the visitors' first innings total of 566 for eight declared at lunch on the third day of the first Test on Saturday.