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Dennis Brings Wind, Flooding to Cuba as Storm Heads to Florida July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Dennis struck Cuba with 150 mph winds as it moved toward the Florida Keys and the Gulf of Mexico, forcing evacuations in communities along the coast. The storm's...

Leaders of the Group of Eight countries have concluded their summit in Gleneagles with a series of communiqués, despite the London terrorist attacks that disrupted the meeting. Though the declarations are not as bold as activists had hoped, they nonetheless...

Hungry to get hungrier with global warming - FAO By Robin Pomeroy ROME (Reuters) - The poorest countries where food is scarcest will find it increasingly difficult to feed themselves as global warming exacerbates desertification and drought, a United...

Iceland Announces Plans to Illegally Slaughter 39 Minke Whales The government of Iceland has announced that 39 Minke whales in Icelandic waters are to be condemned to death. Iceland passed the death sentence on the 39 whales in the name of scientific...

Study Slams Economics Of Ethanol And Biodiesel A new joint study from Cornell University and University of California-Berkeley says that fuels produced from biomass are uneconomical as they use much more energy in their creation than the resulting ethanol...

Visitors ordered to leave Florida Keys Center of Dennis swirling just northeast of Jamaica MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- All nonresidents of the Florida Keys were ordered to leave as Florida officials prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Dennis, an emergency...

To know a little more about tropical storms and hurricanes: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/ http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/regions.asp?partner=accuweather&myadc=0 Enjoy!

TROPICAL STORM DENNIS http://www.weatherstreet.com/hurricane/2005/Dennis.htm