Hurricane Luis closes in on Caribbean shores and Puerto Rico
Hurricane Luis roared west toward the Caribbean with gusts up to 160 mph and 140 mph sustained winds. Watches stretched from Dominica to Puerto Rico as Gov. Pedro Rossello urged precautions while residents boarded up and tourists fled toward airports.
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Hurricane Luis tests Caribbean defenses and authorities
Meteorologist Scott Stripling warned Hurricane Luis will likely cause more damage than Hugo as Antigua prepares schools and churches, evacuee plans from Montserrat loom, police and Royal Marines ready facilities for near 2,000 people, Virgin Islands calls National Guard, and tourists crowd Charlotte Amalie airport with limited flights.
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Leaders tackle corruption at Rio group summit in Quito
Latin American presidents and officials from 14 nations opened a two day meeting in Quito to address drug trafficking and corruption. A regional poll released during the Group of Rio summit shows 38 percent name corruption as the top problem, with mismanagement 13 percent and drug trafficking 11 percent.
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