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Hermine comes ashore in Mexico as tropical storm
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hermine has come ashore in extreme northeastern Mexico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hermine’s center first touched land Monday night about 40 miles (65 km) south …AP – msnbc.com · 44 minutes ago
Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas
Philadelphia Daily News
Hurricane watches issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Houston Chronicle
Suriname leader: Drug conviction ‘almost a joke’
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing …Houston Chronicle · 1 hour ago
Suriname president shrugs off questions about dictatorship, murder trial, drug conviction
WTKR
Suriname leader: Drug conviction ’almost a joke’
KOB.com
Boston Globe
Death toll 45 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing
GUATEMALA CITY — Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. The deaths raised the official toll from …Forbes · 1 hour ago
Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38
NewsNet 5
Mud buries Guatemala bus, 2nd slide kills rescuers
Nashville Tennessean
New Orleans Times-Picayune
New Zealand faces quake aftermath
SYDNEY, Australia — New Zealand extended a state of emergency for the city of Christchurch on Monday following the weekend’s earthquake. On Saturday, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the city, causing extensive …Arizona Daily Wildcat · 49 minutes ago
Massive earthquake is economic blow to New Zealand
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Massive quake sets back New Zealand’s economic recovery
Washington Times
Los Angeles Times
U.S. troops defend Iraqi HQ from attack despite end of combat mission
BAGHDAD — Days after the U.S. officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq’s ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting a military headquarters in the …Denver Post · 1 hour ago
The Keene Sentinel
Obama’s "non-combat" troops engage in combat in Baghdad. 12 people killed.
OpEdNews.com
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Report: 2,000 more NATO troops may be Afghan-bound
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO may deploy 2,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan to join the 140,000-strong international force already there, an official s
aid Monday. Top U.S. and NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus asked …Norristown Times Herald · 2 hours ago
US to subsidize Afgh training for years
WANE-TV
Expecting to Subsidize Training in Afghanistan for Years
WHSV
