| Trump says war with North Korea 'could happen' but not 'inevitable' Posted: 07 Sep 2017 12:38 PM PDT  President Trump said Thursday that he would prefer not going to war with North Korea over that country's escalating nuclear and missile programs, but he warned that "certainly that could happen."
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| Rush Limbaugh Says Hurricane Irma Is Conspiracy, Evacuates Anyway Posted: 08 Sep 2017 07:16 AM PDT  Rush Limbaugh spent the first part of this week acting as a Hurricane Irma truther, but now it seems he's taking cover.
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| Florida Shopper Gives Away New Generator To Help Stranger In Hour Of Irma Need Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:16 AM PDT  Ramon Santiago insisted that Pam Brekke take his machine after he saw her burst into tears at a Lowe's store in the Conway area of Orlando on Thursday, per multiple reports. With Hurricane Irma barreling toward the region, Brekke had been frantically trawling the area for a generator that she hoped would secure her father's oxygen supply should his Sanford home lose power. Thankfully, Santiago was on hand to save Brekke's day.
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| Betsy DeVos to revamp Obama-era campus sexual assault policy Posted: 07 Sep 2017 09:45 AM PDT  U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on Thursday the Trump administration's plan to overhaul Obama-era policy relative to sexual assault on college campuses.
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| Protesters rally in solidarity with Rohingya Muslims Posted: 08 Sep 2017 01:50 PM PDT ![Protesters rally in solidarity with Rohingya Muslims]( "Protesters rally in solidarity with Rohingya Muslims") Protests against Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims were held in several countries, including Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia.
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| Nearly A Dozen Sharks Found Swimming In New York Home's Basement Posted: 07 Sep 2017 06:22 PM PDT  A recent search of a New York home's basement led to the discovery of more than half a dozen sharks swimming inside of an above ground pool, conservation authorities announced Wednesday. In all, seven live sandbar sharks, as well as two dead leopard sharks and one dead hammerhead shark, were found inside of the Lagrangeville property on Aug. 23. The home, roughly 75 miles north of New York City, was suspected of harboring illegal wildlife, the state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said.
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| Equifax Is Trying To Make Money Off Its Massive Security Failure Posted: 08 Sep 2017 12:13 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The credit monitoring company that let criminals steal personal information pertaining to nearly half the U.S. population is offering free credit monitoring to those affected ― but there's a catch.
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| Judge opens door for lawsuit over girl declared brain dead Posted: 07 Sep 2017 05:23 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge ruled that a teen girl who was declared brain dead more than three years ago after a tonsillectomy may technically still be alive, allowing a malpractice lawsuit against the hospital to move forward and possibly setting up the family to have her care paid for if they succeed.
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| Massive Oregon wildfire started by teen with fireworks, police say Posted: 06 Sep 2017 06:22 PM PDT  A fire burning over 30,000 acres in the Columbia river gorge just outside Portland was started by a teenager setting off fireworks on a forest trail last Saturday, police say. Oregon state police spokesman Bill Fugate said that the suspect under investigation by police was a 15-year old-male from Vancouver, Washington. Charges have not yet been laid, but could range from arson to reckless burning.
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| Conservative media defends Trump's deal with the Democrats Posted: 08 Sep 2017 11:53 AM PDT  Many Republicans in Congress were reeling after President Trump's unexpected deal with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to raise the national debt limit and keep the federal government funded in exchange for Hurricane Harvey relief. With his collaboration with "Chuck and Nancy," as Trump labeled them, the president snubbed the congressional GOP leadership's plans while handing Democrats leverage to push their own big agenda items, such as passing a law to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as young children.
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| Irma devastated Barbuda but it didn't 'wipe the island off the map' Posted: 07 Sep 2017 01:14 PM PDT  The syntax and language we use during natural disasters can have a huge impact, from communicating the severity of an approaching storm to post-disaster relief efforts, and the island of Barbuda is the latest example. SEE ALSO: With Hurricane Irma, Miami could be facing its nightmare storm scenario First, make no mistake: What Irma did to Barbuda was absolutely devastating. The tiny island that makes up part of the single nation of Antigua and Barbuda was slammed head-on by Hurricane Irma at its strongest, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts that at times reached over 200 mph. The hit was so direct, Irma so big, and Barbuda so small — at around 62 square miles — that the island fit completely in Irma's eye. The huge eye of Category 5 Hurricane #Irma completely engulfed the island of Barbuda last night, captured by the Suomi NPP #VIIRS overpass. pic.twitter.com/BKNFgx8r4V — UW-Madison CIMSS (@UWCIMSS) September 6, 2017 The last 24 hours of Category-5 Major Hurricane #Irma via microwave imagery. Four islands have been engulfed by the "eye" of #Irma. pic.twitter.com/NNbygSXxeV — Michael Ventrice (@MJVentrice) September 6, 2017 Prime Minister Gaston Browne has already surveyed the damage, saying that roughly 95 percent of buildings on the island suffered damage, many being destroyed. Speaking to local media, Browne said, "The extent of damage in Barbuda is unprecedented." And the human devastation is still unknown: how many have died, how many have been hurt, making sure there are resources like clean water and food, medical supplies, etc. According to Browne, half of the island's 1,800 residents are now homeless. The full carnage is still being surveyed and Browne is talking about evacuating residents to Antigua ahead of Hurricane Jose, which may strike the island Saturday. As of Thursday afternoon, there was just one confirmed fatality with the number expected to rise. But, Thursday morning, a few hyperbolic headlines managed to do the unthinkable in over-estimating the damage to the island. Particularly, the New York Post, whose headline screamed, "Hurricane Irma wipes tiny Caribbean island off the map." Barbuda still very much exists, though. Battered, bruised, and with long rebuilding ahead of it, but the suggestion that an entire island has been wiped away carries with it the implicit suggestion it's done, there's nothing to rebuild. In a time when climate change is making very real changes to the globe's landscapes, though, it's important to make these differences clear. Not just for the sake of accuracy but to make sure that the general perception that's passed around isn't that this island — and its people — have ceased to exist. If anything, these people will need the help and support of the international community now more than ever and that includes making sure the world is aware of their plight and recovery. Misleading hyperbole that so easily seeps into our brains from skimming social media and word-of-mouth is just another obstacle for Barbuda and unnecessary one at that. Barbuda has been through hell and faces another test this week in Hurricane Jose. But they've survived before and will again. Just as New Orleans and Houston have and it's going to take keeping the same attention — and accuracy — on point to fully help. WATCH: Catastrophic floods turn Texas highway into a large body of water with intense waves
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| Key Obamacare Architect Who Shunned Single Payer Now Backs It Posted: 08 Sep 2017 01:53 PM PDT  Former Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), a fiscal moderate who, as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, presided over the passage of the Affordable Care Act, expressed his support on Thursday for the creation of a single-payer health care system.
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| Country artist Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry dies in helicopter crash Posted: 08 Sep 2017 12:54 PM PDT  Country artist Troy Gentry has died at 50 in a helicopter crash, according to reports out of his Kentucky hometown.
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| Chocolate Maker Mars Vows To Spend $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change Posted: 07 Sep 2017 05:54 AM PDT  When President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement, American confectionary giant Mars Incorporated was one of several major U.S. companies urging him to reconsider. "Mars has been in business for four generations and intends to be for the next four generations," said CEO Grant F. Reid in a statement announcing the company's new "Sustainable in a Generation" plan. "The only way that will happen is if we do things differently to ensure that the planet is healthy and all people in our extended supply chains have the opportunity to thrive," the statement read.
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| High School Students Disciplined After Wearing KKK Hoods, Burning Cross Posted: 07 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  A group of students from an Iowa high school were disciplined Wednesday after a photo of them wearing white hoods, waving a Confederate flag and burning a cross began circulating on social media, according to The Associated Press.
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| Six-month-old British triplets some of youngest survivors of Hurricane Irma Posted: 08 Sep 2017 10:49 AM PDT  Six-month-old British triplets are said to be among the youngest survivors of Hurricane Irma. Beatrice, Charlotte and Isabella were with their parents Kate Jackson, 33, and Alex Ashman, 31, on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands when the catastrophic storm hit. Mr Ashman was able to briefly call Ms Jackson's sister, Claire Jackson, 29, to say that her nieces were safe – but that the home in Tortola was "destroyed".
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| Almanac forecast: Hurricanes will favor Atlantic Seaboard Posted: 08 Sep 2017 12:04 PM PDT  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The annual Old Farmer's Almanac, which claims an 80 percent accuracy rate in its forecasts, predicted the possibility of a major hurricane along the Atlantic Seaboard, but didn't have the same insight about the Gulf Coast.
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| Sinead O'Connor details abuse by her mother on 'Dr. Phil': 'She ran a torture chamber' Posted: 07 Sep 2017 09:43 AM PDT  A bombshell interview between Dr. Phil and Sinead O'Connor is shedding light on the singer's lifelong battles with depression, suicide attempts and other severe mental issues that led to her online breakdown earlier this year.
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| These Ivanka Trump Halloween Wigs Are Just Too Good Posted: 08 Sep 2017 07:52 AM PDT  It's not even fall yet, but retailers on eBay are already selling blond Ivanka Trump-style wigs for Halloween.
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| Germany disputes size of Russian wargames, predicts 100,000 troops Posted: 07 Sep 2017 09:13 AM PDT  By Robin Emmott TALLINN (Reuters) - Germany said on Thursday that Russia was planning to send more than 100,000 troops to war games on NATO's eastern flank this month, disputing Moscow's version that only 13,000 Russian and Belarussian servicemen would participate. The Sept. 14-20 exercises known as Zapad, or "West" in Belarus, the Baltic Sea, western Russia and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, are stirring unease in NATO despite Moscow's assurances troops would rehearse a purely defensive scenario. "It is undisputed that we are seeing a demonstration of capabilities and power of the Russians," German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen told reporters at an EU defense ministers' meeting in Tallinn.
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| Southwest Airlines Just Flew A Cabin Full Of Animals Out Of Storm-Hit Houston Posted: 07 Sep 2017 11:40 AM PDT  It was wheels up for around 80 orphan dogs and cats this week as they were flown from overcrowded shelters in storm-hit Houston to new lives in California. The people of @hwac stepped up to take in these pets that were relocated to different shelters, but they needed a ride to San Diego. Dozens of animal crates packed the cabin of a donated San Diego-bound Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday, thanks to volunteers with the airline and various animal rescue groups.
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| US gun makers battle 'Trump slump' as sales fall compared to 2016 Posted: 08 Sep 2017 08:51 AM PDT  For one of America's largest gun manufacturers, the "Trump slump" in sales has meant a nearly $100m fall in firearms revenue compared with the same quarter last year. American Outdoor Brands, the rebranded name of historic gun company Smith & Wesson, reported a 48.5% decrease in firearms revenue compared with the same quarter last year, when many Americans believed Hillary Clinton, a supporter of gun control, would be elected president.
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| Syria opposition slams 'shocking' UN envoy statement Posted: 07 Sep 2017 10:03 AM PDT  Syria's opposition on Thursday criticised the UN's Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura after he urged it to be "realistic" and said it had not won the country's six-year war. "These statements are, to say the very least, shocking and disappointing," said Nasr al-Hariri, head of the opposition's negotiations delegation, at a press conference in Istanbul. De Mistura on Tuesday urged the still-fractured Syrian opposition to form a unified delegation ahead of a next round of peace talks tentatively scheduled to take place in Geneva next month.
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| Why This Fertility Doctor Refused To Evacuate For Hurricane Irma Posted: 08 Sep 2017 07:19 AM PDT  More than 650,000 Floridians have been given orders to evacuate Miami-Dade County to avoid Hurricane Irma.
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| 9/11: Then and now - 16 years later Posted: 08 Sep 2017 02:00 AM PDT ![9/11: Then and now - 16 years later]( "9/11: Then and now - 16 years later")
Yahoo News photographer Gordon Donovan recently returned to the scenes of many memorable images taken in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Donovan photographed the same areas to show what has changed since the terrorist attacks 16 years ago. New obstacles have arisen, requiring some adjustments in camera angles to align with the original images. This is the sixth time Donovan has revisited the New York skyline; each year presents new challenges as the New York City landscape changes. (Yahoo News) See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Twitter and Tumblr.
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| Mexico earthquake triggers mysterious bright lights to flash across the country Posted: 08 Sep 2017 04:36 AM PDT  Strange, unexplained flashes have been seen amid a massive earthquake in Mexico. The flashes – which resemble lightning – lit up the sky after the tremor hit Mexico City and elsewhere. Este fenómeno se llama Earthquake Lights.
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| Newlywed, 32, Diagnosed with Dementia Months After Wedding: ‘There Is Nothing Behind Her Eyes,’ Says Sister Posted: 08 Sep 2017 01:19 PM PDT  Becky Barletta had it all. The beautiful 32-year-old — who was a successful ski instructor and photographer — met her husband on the slopes in Verbier, Switzerland, and had a fairytale wedding in October 2015
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| US adds launchers to THAAD as dozens hurt in SKorea protests Posted: 06 Sep 2017 10:33 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defense system it installed in a southern town to better cope with North Korean threats.
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| Newborn Rescued During Harvey Poses For Photos On Boat That Saved Her Family Posted: 08 Sep 2017 09:43 AM PDT  Hope Chimeno was only 10 days old when she and her family were rescued from their home in Orange, Texas during Hurricane Harvey.
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| Kid Rock gives political stump speech during Michigan concert: 'Screw all you a**holes' Posted: 07 Sep 2017 07:03 AM PDT  Kid Rock called out the KKK, Nazis and political correctness during a concert on Wednesday — again raising speculation over whether he is serious about a 2018 Senate run.
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| Drivers face a traffic nightmare as they flee before Hurricane Irma Posted: 08 Sep 2017 09:33 AM PDT  As the Category 4 Hurricane Irma blasts towards Florida, people continue to evacuate by the thousands — rendering highways and gas stations a nightmare. At a news conference on Thursday, Governor Rick Scott urged those in evacuation zones to get out well before the storm starts. SEE ALSO: Hurricane hunters see 'stadium effect' inside Irma's eye And for the past few days, evacuees have been sharing images of gas stations strapped for fuel and backups all the way to Atlanta as they heed advice and make their way north — many of them seemingly at a snail's pace. #Evacuations headed out on 91 around #PortSaintLucie bumper to bumper. #drivesafe #HurricaneIrma #patience pic.twitter.com/M7k2P6NuSB — Tammy Motola ❤️ (@tmotola) September 7, 2017 Traffic near the GA/FL line on I-75. @spann #irma #florida pic.twitter.com/pGgxG1EuM6 — Kerstin Liberty (@kerstintacious) September 7, 2017 I-95 traffic. Evacuation for Hurricane Irma #IrmaHurricane2017. Stay safe FL. pic.twitter.com/CvLOxEDb3h — Gaurav Darekar (@gaurav_darekar) September 8, 2017 Travel plaza warning drivers to only fuel up their vehicles, no gas cans. #HurricaneIrma #Traffic #Evacuation pic.twitter.com/a8XH9iTYFC — Kara Duffy (@KaraDuffyCBS12) September 8, 2017 These 6am traffic maps out of Florida tell quite a tale.Be safe. Get out. #Irma #HurricaneIrma #evacuation pic.twitter.com/gtdNtdQCr3 — Rick Canton (@TheRickCanton) September 8, 2017 It's 2:40am on Friday morning and this is the traffic leaving Miami. Glad some people are heeding evac orders #irma #evacuation #Hurricane pic.twitter.com/CSUZhp9QDv — Nick Adams (@NickAdms) September 8, 2017 Stuck in #evacuation traffic and no gas to be found. #irma #hurricaneirma @weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/UE4kc7h2Hc — Dr. Beth (@mbbrad4d) September 8, 2017 The National Hurricane Center (NHC) projects that Irma will reach the Florida coast on Saturday. WATCH: How to prepare for natural disasters
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| Man And Dog Denied Flight Out Of Irma Over Not Having A Pet Carrier Posted: 08 Sep 2017 09:26 AM PDT  The difficulty of evacuating with pets is one of many reasons that people don't always "just leave" when a hurricane hits.
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| Rescue mission underway for rare wine collections menaced by Irma Posted: 07 Sep 2017 09:20 AM PDT  Swooping in ahead of Hurricane Irma's feared weekend arrival, an emergency response team is rescuing rare treasures - some of them survivors of world wars and all of them liquid - from harm's way in Florida and Louisiana. Wine collections worth millions of dollars are being stashed out of reach of the Category 5 hurricane, moved from homes to local bunker-like storage units or shuttled to temperature-controlled warehouses as far away as New Jersey. Many are owned by philanthropists aging the wine to perfection before donating it to a charity auction, often to raise disaster relief funds, said Adam Gungle, chief executive officer of Xpeditr, a high-end wine transporter based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Toronto.
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| Puerto Rico avoids the brunt of Hurricane Irma's wrath Posted: 07 Sep 2017 05:10 AM PDT  ABC News' Linzie Janis shows some of the damage incurred around the beaches of San Juan.
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| Israel strikes deep in Syria, said to hit military facility Posted: 07 Sep 2017 06:49 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck a military position near the Mediterranean coast in western Syria Thursday, killing two soldiers, the Syrian army said, in a stronghold of President Bashar Assad that is also heavily protected by the Russians and Iranians.
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| Dad Confesses Feeling 'Jealous' Of His Wife In Emotional Facebook Post Posted: 08 Sep 2017 12:35 PM PDT  A South African dad opened up about his experience with jealousy as a parent in a touchin Facebook post.
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| Teen Girl Who's Been Missing for a Month Swims Across Lake to Escape Captors: Cops Posted: 08 Sep 2017 10:46 AM PDT  The girl was a victim of sexual assault and three suspects have been arrested, cops say.
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| Drug Overdoses Are Killing A Lot More People Than HIV Or Guns At Their Worst Posted: 07 Sep 2017 05:46 PM PDT  More than 64,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to the first government report to include all recorded drug deaths from 2016.
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| Donald Trump 'jealous of Kuwaiti ruler's plane because it's bigger than his' Posted: 08 Sep 2017 07:35 AM PDT  Donald Trump appeared to enjoy his recent visit with Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, calling him a "good partner" and a "very special person". Mr Trump griped to a group of New York and New Jersey politicians after his press conference with the Kuwaiti Emir, sources present told Politico. Mr Trump's own plane, a Boeing 757-200, contains a dining room, big screen TVs, a master and a guest bedroom, and a shower, according to CNN.
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| Dutch soldiers deployed against St Martin looting in wake of Hurricane Irma Posted: 08 Sep 2017 01:33 PM PDT  Dutch troops were fanning out across part of the hurricane-hit island of St Martin on Friday as shots were heard and officials admitted there had been some looting. "The situation is serious," Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said when asked about looting, adding authorities were being hampered in their efforts to deal with it as communications were cut off when Hurricane Irma roared through on Wednesday. Shots had been heard on the island, a top marine official revealed, but said it was unclear where they had come from. Hurricane Irma makes landfall in the Caribbean, in pictures "Shots have been fired, but not in a structured fashion," Major General Richard Oppelaar, the commander of the Marine Corps, told reporters in The Hague. "I can't deny there are some weapons around," he said, adding in some areas the situation remained "grim" and the atmosphere was tense. "The supermarkets are empty, so people are out searching," Oppelaar said, adding in principle security was under control with soldiers trying "to be as visible" as possible. Hurricane Irma: shocking devastation caught on camera 01:31 About 200 Dutch soldiers have now arrived on the island, which is divided between France and The Netherlands, to help deliver aid and restore order, he added. The badly damaged airport and port have now "been opened for military purposes," Rutte told reporters, adding "we are doing everything possible to get aid to the area." He said food, water and security were the priorities on the island, known in Dutch as Sint Maarten. "There are people on the streets armed with revolvers and machetes," one witness told the Dutch daily newspaper AD on Friday. Hurricane Irma | Key articles "The situation is very serious. No one is in charge." "We will not abandon Sint Maarten," Rutte vowed, adding officials were also sending medicines, tents, tarpaulins, building materials and hygiene kits as fast as possible to the Caribbean. "The military has two tasks after arriving there. Firstly to ensure that there is food and water, but also to ensure security," Rutte said. British soldiers board a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, before they are flown to help out in the areas affected by Hurricane Irma as winds of up to 175mph left death and destruction in the Atlantic Credit: PA Dutch officials have confirmed that two people were killed, and 43 wounded, 11 of them seriously, on the Dutch part of St Martin by the Category Five storm, before it was downgraded Friday to a four as it barrelled towards Cuba and Florida. King Willem-Alexander is to visit Curacao on Sunday from where the Dutch aid operation is being coordinated, and may then travel on to Sint Maarten. A fund launched by the Dutch Red Cross in the hours after the storm pummelled the island as already raised some 850,000 euros for the Dutch territory. Hurricane Irma | Advice for travellers
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| Germany rejects Polish call for more WWII reparations Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:05 AM PDT  Germany on Friday dismissed Poland's threat to demand new talks over World War II reparations from Berlin, saying the issue had already been settled in 1953. "Poland made a binding decision in August 1953... to relinquish demands for further war reparations," government spokesman Steffen Seibert said, adding that in the view of Berlin, "this issue was therefore settled both legally and politically". Seibert said that Germany had fully recognised its responsibility in World War II, while emphasising that it had also paid "considerable reparations for overall war damages" to Poland.
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| 22 Stunning Takes On Christmas Cakes Posted: 08 Sep 2017 09:19 AM PDT |
