By The Associated Press Tropical Storm Rafael has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it swirls past Jamaica and chugs toward western Cuba. Source: The Seattle Times Category: Nation & World, Weather, World
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By BRIAN MELLEY The Edinburgh Zoo has launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the beloved baby born at a Thailand zoo this summer. Source: The Seattle Times Category: Nation & World, World
By MARC SANTORA Against this difficult backdrop, Ukraine is bracing for the U.S. elections Tuesday that will almost certainly shape the course of the country in profoundly different ways, depending on who wins the White House. Source: The Seattle Times Category: Nation, Nation & World, Nation & World Politics, World