Jamaica braces for Hurricane Emily's approach
Jamaicans rush to stock emergency supplies as coastal evacuations begin while Hurricane Emily, a Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds, moves toward Jamaica. The system, just over 300 miles southeast of Kingston, tracks west at 18 mph and is expected to angle northwest near the island on Saturday.
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Columbian police capture drug cartel head
Colombian police captured Jose Aldemar Rendon, suspected leader of the Norte del Valle cartel, as he jogged near Medellin. The arrest follows a tip by authorities, with Rendon on a U.S. court order list of wanted cocaine kingpins. A U.S. reward of up to $5 million was offered.
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Brutal Baghdad Car Bombings Kill Dozens Across City
A wave of car bombs and explosions battered Baghdad on Friday, targeting U.S. and Iraqi security forces and killing at least 30 people with many wounded. Among the dead were four security guards, eight Iraqis at a Shaab base, and multiple civilians. Two U.S. Marines died near the Jordanian border. The violence intensified after a six week lull, amid claims of Al Qaida in Iraq responsibility.
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Oil for Food probe cites misused funds at UN
U N investigators say there is gross mismanagement and possible corruption in the oil-for-food program. The Independent Inquiry Committee reviews about 5 billion in questionable expenditures by the Compensation Commission led by Iraq’s currency issues and other U N agencies. The probe, chaired by Paul Volcker, seeks whether Iraq should be compensated and how the program operated under sanctions from 1996 to 2003.
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Gaza conflict escalates as seven Palestinians die in raids
Fighting in the Gaza Strip and West Bank shatters a five month truce as Israeli helicopter gunships strike at militants near Ariel, killing three, wounding another. a later air strike in Gaza City kills four Hamas members in a van. Israel calls the raids targeted assassinations.
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