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Pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds wins California contest, sets world record for biggest gourd

Pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds wins California contest, sets world record for biggest gourd

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms).
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Tropical Storm Max makes landfall in Mexico as country braces for Lidia

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Max made landfall in Mexico’s southern Pacific coast Monday, as the country braces for a second punch from Tropical Storm Lidia, expected to hit Tuesday as a hurricane in a different part of the country.
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IMF and World Bank pledge Africa focus at first meetings on the continent in 50 years

IMF and World Bank pledge Africa focus at first meetings on the continent in 50 years

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the shadow of a deadly earthquake in Morocco that caused nearly $12 billion in damage, the world's most powerful economic policymakers said they would focus on Africa as they work to grow and stabilizing the global econom
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Heavy flooding in southern Myanmar displaces more than 14,000 people

Heavy flooding in southern Myanmar displaces more than 14,000 people

BANGKOK (AP) — Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar’s southern areas has displaced more than 14,000 people and disrupted traffic on the rail lines that connect the country’s biggest cities, officials and state-run media said Monday.
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Death toll from floods in Cameroon's capital reaches 27 as search for missing continues

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — At least 27 people were killed and more than 50 were injured in floods set off by heavy rains in Cameroon’s capital, authorities said Monday as rescuers intensified the search for those missing following the deluge the previo
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Indian rescuers are flying into the region where a flood washed out bridges and killed at least 74

Indian rescuers are flying into the region where a flood washed out bridges and killed at least 74

GANGTOK, India (AP) — Air force helicopters rescued scores of stranded tourists Monday in India's Himalayan northeast after a 6-year-old hydroelectric dam cracked open last week in intense rain, flooding a valley with glacial lake water and killing a
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Evacuations ordered as remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern China

Evacuations ordered as remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern China

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People have been moved to shelters and nearly 2,000 boats recalled to port as the remnants of Typhoon Koinu slammed into southern China on Monday after leaving one dead and over 300 injured in Taiwan .
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Tourism resumes in West Maui near Lahaina as hotels and timeshare properties welcome visitors

Tourism resumes in West Maui near Lahaina as hotels and timeshare properties welcome visitors

HONOLULU (AP) — The area around the Maui town largely destroyed by wildfire two months ago began welcoming back travelers on Sunday after the mayor and Hawaii’s governor pushed ahead to restart tourism to boost the economy despite opposition from som
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Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes that killed at least 2,000

Desperate people dig out dead and injured from Afghanistan earthquakes that killed at least 2,000

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Men dug through rubble with their bare hands and shovels in western Afghanistan Sunday in desperate attempts to pull victims from the wreckage left by powerful earthquakes that killed at least 2,000 people.
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A dozen B.C. communities surpass daily heat record

A dozen B.C. communities surpass daily heat record

A dozen communities in British Columbia surpassed their daily heat record Saturday, with the Quesnel area beating a record set in 1919.
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