Mexico Urges Evacuation as Popocatepetl Breaths Fire
As Popocatepetl rumbled residents in 11 towns near Santiago Xalintiztla faced evacuation orders, 14,000 people were urged to leave. Officials warned of possible eruption while many ignored calls, watching from plazas even as ash and steam persisted.
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Santiago Xalintiztla
Mexico
Popocatepetl
Mexico City
Americas
Job Analco
Aurelio Fernandez Fuentes
University Disaster Center
Puebla
On This Day in History December 17 Highlights
France recognizes American independence in 1777 while Simon Bolivar dies in Colombia in 1830. Wright brothers fly the first powered flight near Kitty Hawk in 1903. Billy Mitchell convicted in 1925. Atlas missile test in 1957. Project Blue Book ends in 1969. Tiny Tim wedding draws 50 million viewers in 1969. Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for a Ford assassination attempt in 1975.
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France
Simon Bolivar
Colombia
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Col
William ‘Billy’ Mitchell
United States
U.S. Air Force
Tiny Tim
Miss Vicky
Lynette Fromme
Sacramento
Calif
Ford
Edmond Pope Leaves German Hospital After Putin Pardon
Edmond Pope, the American businessman and former prisoner in Russia, was discharged from a US military hospital in Landstuhl Germanyafter months in custody. Doctors noted his condition was good but tested for a potential resurfacing of bone cancer and three possible skin cancer lesions before his planned return home.
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Berlin
U.S
Edmond Pope
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Pope
Russia
Vladimir Putin
Marie Shaw
Landstuhl
Frankfurt
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Madalena Zandovar Castro
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U.S. Army
West Coast
Associated Press
Germany
Ramstein Air Base
Iowa City
Pr Plus
Regis
Columbia
Younkers
Y& Unkers
Des Moines
Austin
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