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Slide show on Latino-Caribbean culture to be shown in Pasadena
AMERICAS Slide show Hal Robert Myers will present "22 Degrees Below," a photographic tour of Latino-Caribbean culture around the 22nd parallel, extending from Oaxaca, Mexico, through Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica. When, where: 7:30 p.m. Monday at...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Natural Resources, Egypt, Wildlife, Trips and Vacations
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Editorial: What to do about Haiti
La PlazaThe U.S. and international community must provide immediate aid, then help plan a future for it that includes a functioning government.... -
Castros Cuba
This weekend, Fidel Castro will step down as president of Cuba, defying expectations that only death would part him from the role. The Times has been on the death watch, and before that, on the re-revolution watch, since way back in 1960. Below,...Tags: Bob Graham, Economic Sanctions, Central Intelligence Agency, Entertainment, Heart Attack
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Extreme amenities
A hotel in the Dominican Republic earlier this month inaugurated a new skateboard ramp. The hotel, eXtreme Cabarete, is on the north coast of the nation on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It's the first of what owner Bill Lee, a Los Angeles...Tags: Business Trips, Air Transportation Industry, JetBlue Airways, Hawaiian Airlines Inc., Companies and Corporations
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Tropical wave in central Caribbean producing only a few showers, thunderstorms
Sun Sentinel2 p.m. update: The tropical wave over the central Caribbean is producing only a few disorganized showers and thunderstorms. It is moving westward at about 20 mph. It has only a 10 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours....Tags: Mexico, National Hurricane Center, Disasters, Tropical Storms, Jamaica
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Tropical wave could bring heavy rain to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola
Sun SentinelA tropical wave near the Leeward Islands could bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the islands and Puerto Rico and Hispaniola on Saturday night into Sunday. However, it has a low chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours. TROPICAL...Tags: National Hurricane Center, Mexico, Disasters, Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters
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Atlantic disturbance's chance of developing lowered to 80 percent
Sun SentinelA "vigorous" tropical disturbance in the Atlantic continues to organize, and there is a high chance that it will grow into a tropical depression or Tropical Storm Emily on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said. However, a hurricane hunter aircraft...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, National Hurricane Center, Disasters, Meteorological Disasters
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Tropical Storm Emily forms near islands; predicted to intensify into a hurricane
Sun SentinelTropical Storm Emily emerged in the Caribbean near the Lesser Antilles on Monday evening, and its initially predicted to draw close to South Florida on Saturday as a minimal hurricane. It has had little change in strength since forming. At 5 a.m. the...Tags: Weather, Dominican Republic, Tropical Weather, Antilles, Lesser Antilles
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Tropical Storm Emily no longer forecast to be a hurricane
Sun SentinelTropical Storm Emily is no longer projected to be a hurricane when it approaches South Florida, either late on Friday or early on Saturday. Rather, it would remain a strong storm with sustained winds of 60 mph. Further, under the latest forecast, its...Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather, Hurricanes, National Hurricane Center, Disasters
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Emily tracking toward Florida and SE coast
Maryland WeatherTropical Storm Emily continues to menace the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola today. And looking ahead, the forecast storm track shows the storm moving on toward Florida and the southeast coast of the U.S. by this weekend. For......Tags: Weather Warnings, Weather, Caribbean Islands, Dominican Republic, Tropical Storms
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Tropical Storm Emily's projected path shifts toward Florida
Sun SentinelFor South and Central Florida, Tropical Storm Emily remains a close call, as the eastern half of the state remains in the cone of uncertainty. Under the latest advisory, the forecast track has been nudged slightly west toward the Florida shoreline,...Tags: Weather Warnings, West Palm Beach, National Hurricane Center, Disasters, Tropical Storms
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Tropical Storm Emily's track shifts slightly west toward Florida
Sun SentinelTropical Storm Emily's heavy rains and gusty winds are expected to start spreading over the Dominican Republic and Haiti by Wednesday evening and the southern Bahamas on Thursday. At 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Emily was about 60 miles southeast of Isla Beata,...Tags: Weather Warnings, National Hurricane Center, Disasters, Tropical Storms, Floods
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