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30 May 2010 23:37

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World: The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha goes way up

  • 90+ were killed in the season’s
    first tropical storm
  • 73+ were killed in landside-ridden Guatemala alone source
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30 May 2010 11:35

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World: Tropical Storm Agatha makes herself known in Central America

The storm, the first of the possibly busy hurricane season has already killed at least 18 people in Guatemala and El Salvador. source
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21 Dec 2009 21:52

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World: Mexico City legalizes same-sex marriage, and Twitter cheers

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04 Jul 2009 13:19

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World: Honduras: You’re gonna kick us out? Well, WE’RE LEAVING!

  • Post-coup, the country left the Organization of American States. Honduras has been in a state of disarray this week after ditching their President Jose Manuel Zelaya in a coup. Outside the Central American country, support for the new regime is very low, and they’re becoming increasingly isolated. “We wanted to ask that this situation be reversed,” said Jose Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the OAS. “Unfortunately, one must say that there appears to be no willingness to do this.” source
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