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Residents flee as Gustav drenched Jamaica
29 08 2008 KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) Residents, tourists and workers fled as Gustav drenched Jamaica yesterday. Louisiana and Texas put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary. At least 51 people died in Haiti
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Gustav pounds Jamaica, becomes hurricane
29 08 2008 with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The storm blasted Jamaica earlier in the day, and its is expected to take it to Grand Cayman soon, according to the National Hurricane Center. At least 51 people died in southwestern Haiti and eight were killed in
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29 08 2008 Ad - CARIBBEAN Cruises at the BEST PRICE. Online pricing & booking avail.
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Storm whips Jamaica
29 08 2008 Tropical Storm Gustav moved across sections of the island yesterday uprooting trees and destroying houses, while causing landslides and infrastructural damage. There were also reports of road accidents and evacuation excercises. At press time last night,
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GUSTAV BABY! - Infant left on store steps as storm covers Jamaica
29 08 2008 At 8:30 a.m., a woman was passing the store on Adelaide Street when she saw the bag on the step. She checked the bag after hearing a strange sound and saw the baby girl. The woman alerted other people and the police were later called. People in shock
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Death toll climbs as Gustav barrels through Caribbean
29 08 2008 Extract not available.
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Cuba: US Disrespects WTO Rules
29 08 2008 Geneva, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuba reiterated on Friday before the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the United States disrespects its commitment to the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Cuban
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Tropical Storm Gustav Trashes Jamaica, Heads towards Cayman Islands
29 08 2008 Tropical Storm Gustav has left Jamaica after trashing Caribbean island nation on Friday, killing at least 11 people and causing widespread destruction.Earlier, the storm had killed at least 78 people in the Dominican Republic and in neighboring Haiti on
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Deadly Gustav lashes Jamaica, eyes Cuba, US
29 08 2008 KINGSTON (AFP) - Deadly Tropical Storm Gustav thrashed Jamaica Friday and was on track to crash into Cuba as a hurricane, after leaving up to 78 people dead in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. The United States began storm preparations as
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Gustav becomes hurricane after blasting Jamaica
29 08 2008 with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The storm blasted Jamaica earlier in the day, and its is expected to take it to Grand Cayman soon, according to the National Hurricane Center. At least 51 people died in southwestern Haiti and eight were killed in
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Gustav Threatens Caymans After Swamping Jamaica
29 08 2008 Deadly Gustav drenched Jamaica and menaced the Cayman Islands on Friday, and on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, forecasters said for the first time there's a better-than-even chance that New Orleans will get slammed by tropical
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Jamaica's alumina industry unaffected by Gustav
29 08 2008 Extract not available.
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BW erects $300k cardboard tiger
29 08 2008 Bahamas Waste is now gearing up to collect, bale, then export hundreds of tons of waste cardboard - gathering from local businesses what they would otherwise have had to pay the local dump to take off their hands. 'We'd ultimately like to recycle it here
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Tropical Storm Hanna inching towards Bahamas
29 08 2008 Just days after Hurricanes Fay and Gustav by-passed The Bahamas, another system in the Atlantic Ocean is threatening to affect the islands by next week, forecasters warned. By that time though, meteorologist Michael Stubbs said Tropical Storm Hanna would
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Gustav poised to grow as it leaves soggy Jamaica
29 08 2008 By Alan Markoff GEORGE TOWN (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav started revving up in the warm Caribbean on Friday as it left flooded Jamaica and churned toward the Cayman Islands, headed for the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of Hurricane
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Union head calls DPM's remarks 'insulting'
29 08 2008 Recent remarks made by Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette on the recent industrial action taken by the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) members were 'insulting' and 'disheartening', trade unionist John Pinder declared
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Catch KB's Performance in the Big Apple
29 08 2008 Most Bahamians don't need a reason to travel but if you do, the Bahamian American Cultural Society of New York is calling you to visit them, as they host the 2008 New York Bahamas Culture Day in the Big Apple with The Bahamas' very own Kirkland 'K.B.'
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Gustav poised to grow as it leaves soggy Jamaica
29 08 2008 GEORGE TOWN (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav started revving up in the warm Caribbean on Friday as it left flooded Jamaica and churned toward the Cayman Islands, headed for the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike
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Gustav leaves swamped Jamaica, is poised to grow
29 08 2008 GEORGE TOWN (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav was expected to strengthen in the warm Caribbean on Friday as it left flooded Jamaica and churned toward the Cayman Islands, headed for the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's
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Deadly Gustav lashes Jamaica, eyes Cayman Islands and Cuba
29 08 2008 Deadly Gustav lashes Jamaica, eyes Cayman Islands and Cuba
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Gustav churns toward Cayman Islands
29 08 2008 Gustav's maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory issued at 2 p.m. EDT. A Category 1 hurricane has wind speeds of 74 to 95 mph and a hurricane is considered 'major' if it's at least a Category 3, with
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Hurricane Gustav hits Haiti
29 08 2008 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Winds topping 90 mph lashed Haiti Tuesday as Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the poor Caribbean nation. Authorities warned Haitians to be on the lookout for mudslides and flooding, the BBC reported. Gustav gained
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Gustav poised to grow as it leaves soggy Jamaica
29 08 2008 By Alan Markoff GEORGE TOWN (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav started revving up in the warm Caribbean on Friday as it left flooded Jamaica and churned toward the Cayman Islands, headed for the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of Hurricane
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Gustav poised to grow as it leaves soggy Jamaica
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Deadly Gustav eyes U.S., Cuba
29 08 2008 KINGSTON - Deadly Tropical Storm Gustav thrashed Jamaica Friday and was on track to crash into Cuba as a hurricane, after leaving up to 78 people dead in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. The United States began storm preparations as Jamaica
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