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/ 17 November 2004
A 10-year-old grilled-cheese sandwich a Florida woman says bears the image of the Virgin Mary was back on eBay on Tuesday after the internet auction house initially cancelled bids that went up to $22 000. Owner Diana Duyser (52), of Hollywood, Florida, insists the miraculously mould-free snack is not a scam.
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/ 15 September 2004
Hurricane Ivan on Wednesday had the northern United States Gulf Coast in its sights, its howling winds and lethal surf sending thousands scrambling out of its way, fearing the worst after it punished Cuba and killed more than 70 people across the Caribbean.
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/ 6 September 2004
Tropical Storm Frances killed two as it crossed Florida, authorities said early on Monday, as yet another hurricane loomed in the far distance. Frances, which was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday, was over the Gulf of Mexico and heading toward the Florida panhandle at 6am local time on Monday.
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/ 2 September 2004
Hurricane Frances lashed the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas as it barrelled toward Florida, where authorities have declared a state of emergency, ordered evacuations and closed schools. In Palm Beach county, 300 000 residents were told to evacuate their homes by Thursday afternoon.
Partisans of exiled Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide looted a container port on the northern fringe of Port-au-Prince late on Thursday as United States and French patrols sought to enforce an overnight curfew in its fifth consecutive night. Meanwhile, a meeting took place to start the process of naming a new Haitian government.
The Iraq war is essentially over and the regime has been deposed, but a nagging 000 question still casts a shadow over the US military victory: where is Saddam Hussein?