Venezuela faces vast death toll from devastating floods
Venezuela reels from mudslides and floods that left thousands feared dead in Vargas state. Officials estimate the death toll could range from 5,000 to 30,000 with 1,500 recovered as rescue teams and military personnel search debris and aid supplies. Survivors describe ongoing fear, while authorities relocate victims and warn against further construction in the disaster zone.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Luciano Holguin
Holguin
Blandin
Civil Defense
Angel Rangel
Associated Press
Hugo Chavez
Vargas
Caribbean
Vassily Kotosky
Defense
Raul Salazar
la Guaira
Gilberto Ochoa
Chavez
Cuban jet crashes in Guatemala city killing 26
A Cubana de Aviacion DC-10 charter jet skimmed a rain slick runway on landing and crashed into a working class neighborhood near La Aurora airport. At least 26 died, nine on the ground, including crew and passengers from Guatemala and Cuba. The plane carried 314 people, mostly Latin American Medical Sciences School students returning home for Christmas. Authorities retrieved black boxes and investigated overshoot possibilities.
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Guatemala City
Cubana de Aviacion
Latin American Medical Sciences School
Havana
Mario Grajeda
Oscar Bonilla
la Aurora International
Red Cross
Guatemala
Edgar Amilcar Morales
Cuba
Canada files U S tobacco smuggling lawsuit against RJR McDonald
Canada sues RJR McDonald Inc and related firms in U S Federal Court in Syracuse seeking at least Cdn 1 billion in damages for tax revenue loss and profits from a tobacco smuggling operation. Government alleges conspiracy with distributors and offshore shells to flood Canada with cheap cigarettes.
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Ottawa
Justice
Anne McLellan
CBC Television
Canada
Rjr-Macdonald
RJ Reynolds
RJR
McLellan
Allan Rock
Martin Cauchon
U.S
Syracuse
New York
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Cuban National Airlines
Luis Polanco
Cecilio Hernandez
Daniel Antonio Alarcon Fernandez
Ravana
Marco Tulio Sosa
Bonilla
Internet
Gratton
High Speed Acress ™ Corp
Bridge News
Bill King
Mary Anne Pressler
Craig Adams
Wally Mintus
Jim Allen
Mike Stevens
the Chronicle
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