An Israeli air strike to the east of Gaza City killed the leader of an Islamic militant group, the Israeli military says.

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Israeli raid kills Gaza militant

I’m feeling a little ridiculous standing here in my ’70s-era hotpants and ironic sweatband, shivering in front of a roller-skating rink on the east side of Tijuana. What business does a gringa like me have here, miles away from downtown’s erstwhile tourist street, Avenida Revolucion, dressed like a reject from a Jane Fonda workout video? Read full article > >

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Seeing Tijuana, Mexico, the way the locals do

Hurricane Irene has made landfall and is causing flooding and damage as it makes it way up the east coast of the United States.

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VIDEO: Reporter stands in way of Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene has made landfall and is causing flooding and damage as it makes it way up the east coast of the United States.

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VIDEO: Reporter stands in way of Hurricane Irene

Seven states along the east coast of the US declare emergencies ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene, which has already caused havoc in the Caribbean.

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Irene takes aim at US east coast

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway for the 10th time since 1932. This 7,000-foot structure of gates on the east bank of the Mississippi River, 30 miles above New Orleans, relieves pressure on levees protecting the city by shunting river water into nearby Lake Pontchartrain.

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Libya’s rebel commander says Nato has apologised for mistakenly carrying out a deadly air strike on a column of rebel tanks in the east of the country.

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The Libyan rebels’ woes continue, as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces recaptured the towns of Ras Lanuf and Brega Wednesday, giving him control of much of the east’s oil-producing region. Rebels are once again in Ajdabiya, the last line of defense before their…

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Libyan Rebels Continue Retreat

Advancing Libyan rebels make further gains in the east, capturing the oil town of Brega.

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Libyan rebels make further gains

Reports indicated that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces were continuing to press their attacks against rebels in the east despite warnings that such moves would provoke military action from the West.

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Qaddafi Warns West Not to Enforce Libya No-Flight Zone

Forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi capture an oil terminal in the east, but rebel forces say they have now retaken it

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Libyans battle over oil terminal

South Korea homes are destroyed, people stranded, on the east coast after the heaviest snowfall in a century.

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Record snowfall blankets S Korea

Bushfires have caused huge amounts of damage in western Australia – an assault that follows the weeks of flooding in the east of the country.

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Bushfires engulf Australian homes

International observers will be watching out for “potential spoilers” as southern Sudan votes on whether to break away from the rest of the east African nation next week, a leading human rights activist said Monday.

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Will ‘spoilers’ hurt Sudan vote?

A winter storm has caused disruption along the east coast of the United States, forcing many airports to cancel flights.

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