Foreign and local evacuees lose patience
CANCUN, Mexico (AP): HUNDREDS OF haggard tourists stranded for days by Hurricane Wilma were dropped by the sun-scorched roadside short of Cancun's international airport yesterday after officials promised flights would finally start to carry them home.
Florida recovers again
WESTON, Florida (AP): FLORIDIANS IN search of water, cleaning supplies and generators lined up yesterday morning outside the few stores that were open after Hurricane Wilma cut a costly, deadly swathe across the peninsula.
Voters back new constitution
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): IRAQI VOTERS have ratified a new U.S.-backed constitution, officials said yesterday, despite opposition in Sunni Arab areas where insurgents are battling the Baghdad government.
Car bombs kill 13 in Kurdish city
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq, (Reuters): TWO SUICIDE bomb attacks killed at least 13 people in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya yesterday, police and hospital officials said.
Government unveils new education plans
LONDON, (Reuters): EDUCATION SECRETARY Ruth Kelly unveiled plans to reform English schools yesterday and put parents' wishes at the heart of the system, despite criticism from teaching unions who say it will lead to chaos.
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