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350 inmates escape prison Armed masked men in two vans broke through barricades and attacked the National Penitentiary
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| Mar.7 |
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Prison fire 'kills 140' Clashes between rival gangs in the prison in the eastern town of Higuey led to a fire
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| Mar.20 |
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Firefight kills first U.N. peacekeeper
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| Apr.14 |
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Cuba rejects UN rights resolution
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| Apr.28 |
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Chavez talks trade with Castro
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| May.5 |
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Ruling party returned
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| May.17 |
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Cuban 'bomber' arrested| Federal agents arrested notorious Luis Posada Carriles near Miami | |
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| May.28 |
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Rallies over Cuba exile
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| Jun.6 |
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Kaneria puts Pakistan in box seat
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| Jun.14 |
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Powell breaks world 100m record Jamaican set a new men's record of 9.77 seconds at the Athens Olympic Stadium
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| Jun.24 |
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Texas group starting Aruba search
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| Jul.6 |
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UN troops storm shanty town The peacekeepers have stormed a slum in Port-au-Prince, killing armed gang members loyal to Aristide
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| Jul.7 |
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Hurricane Dennis heads to Jamaica
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Hurricane batters Caribbean coast
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| Jul.8 |
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Hurricane Dennis' winds top 150 mph
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Dennis lashes Cuba, kills 20 Powerful winds, crashing waves and torrential rain churned its way across the length of the Caribbean nation
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| Jul.14 |
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Star journalist murdered
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| Jul.15 |
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Hurricane Emily aims at Jamaica
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| Jul.16 |
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Hurricane Emily 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 mph passed south of Jamaica and headed toward Yucatan
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| Jul.22 |
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Dissidents held in crackdown
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| Aug.7 |
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Singer Ibrahim Ferrer dies
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| Aug.9 |
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Cuban spies trial in US 'biased'
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| Aug.16 |
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160 believed dead in jet crash| The Colombian MD-82 aircraft carrying 160 people crashed in a remote area of western Venezuela | | |
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| Aug.17 |
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Islanders mourn Venezuela crash victims Weeping relatives and friends prayed at a memorial ceremony as people struggled with the loss of 152 people
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| Aug.28 |
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Divers search for clues
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| Sep.30 |
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Elian interview sparks Miami row
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| Oct.1 |
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New storms could become Stan, Tammy
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| Oct.15 |
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Cayman Islands under storm warning
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| Oct.18 |
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Hurricane Wilma grows in strength Wilma is threatening Cuba and Mexico and is expected to strengthen as it ploughs north through the Caribbean
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Wilma turns into a hurricane| The hurricane rapidly intensified to a Category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph | |
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| Oct.19 |
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Hurricane Wilma 'strongest ever'| At least 11 people in have been killed by floods and landslides | |
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| Oct.20 |
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Evacuations face little resistance Hurricane Wilma was expected to drench western Cuba. The residents packed their belongings
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| Oct.23 |
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Wilma hits Cuba as Florida braces High winds and heavy rains are lashing western Cuba as the hurricane strengthens to a Category 3 storm
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| Oct.25 |
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Alpha leaves at least 8 dead The Atlantic season's record-breaking 22nd named storm, left 8 people dead and 23 missing before moving north
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| Oct.28 |
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Beta hits island of Providencia Hundreds of villagers on a tiny island hiked into the mountains, fleeing a powerful tropical storm
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| Nov.15 |
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Storm triggers mudslides Mudslides buried 2 fishermen and destroyed 3 homes as rains overflowed river in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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| Nov.17 |
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Castro mocks Parkinson's report President has portrayed as wishful thinking reports from the US that he is suffering from Parkinson's Disease
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| Nov.25 |
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Lara secures new Test runs record West Indies batsman has become the leading Test runscorer of all time, passing the 11,174 mark set by Border
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| Nov.28 |
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Clean sweep Aussies beat Windies
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| Dec.13 |
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Cuba 'bars women from prize trip' A group of women have been barred by their government from travelling to Europe to collect a human rights award
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| Dec.19 |
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Seaplane crashes off Miami Beach| At least 19 people have died after a seaplane crashed into water. Parts of the aircraft could be seen in waters | | |
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| Dec.20 |
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Crash devastates islands Weeping islanders went house to house to grieve for 11 of their own who died in the crash of a seaplane near Miami
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| Dec.31 |
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Seized officials freed 2 members of the Organization of American States and one of their spouses have been freed