Sep 9
Hurricane Ike batters Cuba coast
Hurricane Ike has been battering Cuba’s coast with giant waves and winds of more than 100 mph.
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Sep 9
Laying to rest Cyprus’s ghosts
As talks begin in Cyprus Tabitha Morgan reports on one of the most highly charged issues facing the divided island.
Sep 9
East Jerusalem’s education crisis
Tim Franks meets the Arab children struggling to get a decent education in a bitterly divided Jerusalem.
Sep 9
Tourists flee Caribbean islands as storm looms
Tourists and residents are fleeing the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos as a strengthening Hurricane Ike approaches. Ike is now an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm with winds near 215 kmh, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It is forecast to strike the British crown colony late Saturday or early Sunday.
Sep 9
A Great British vacation?
Caravans, deckchairs, fish and chips, penny arcades and piers — traditional British beach resorts have enjoyed a bumper season. But CNN’s Adrian Finighan doesn’t find much to like beside the seaside
Sep 9
JetBlue flight diverted after fight breaks out
A JetBlue flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted Saturday when a fight broke out after someone was smoking in the bathroom, federal officials said.
Sep 9
Strict diets for airlines as fuel costs soar
A Canadian airline’s recent decision to remove life vests from all its planes to save weight and fuel has provoked a torrent of angry criticism.
Sep 9
London’s ancient past calling
Dirty, noisy and unbelievably expensive, London is a vast cosmopolitan melting pot of people, ideas and energy. Somewhere behind the incessant bustle is 2,000 years of history struggling to be heard.