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Haiti drowns as another fierce storm looms
Corpses surfaced in the sodden Haitian city of Gonaives on Friday following Tropical Storm Hanna — as fierce Hurricane Ike neared from the Atlantic.
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Haiti ousts leader over high food prices
Haitian lawmakers voted on Saturday to dismiss Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, hoping to defuse widespread anger over rising food prices that had led to days of deadly protests and looting. President Rene Preval immediately said he would a name a new prime minister.
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Bush honours Ali with highest civilian award
Muhammad Ali, his hands shaking and eyes reflecting the White House chandeliers, accepted the nation’s highest civilian award from President George Bush on Wednesday. Bush called him ”the greatest of all time” and ”a man of peace”, and tied the Presidential Medal of Freedom around the former heavyweight champion’s neck.
