Hurricane Katrina has hit south-east Florida, killing at least two people and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity. One man died when a tree was blown onto the car in which he was sitting after strong winds and rain struck the Fort Lauderdale area at 1900 (2300 GMT).
Earlier, motorists stocked up at petrol stations and emergency shelters were opened as the storm closed in.
Flooding is forecast, with up to 25cm (10 inches) of rain expected to fall.
People go out and fill their tanks to the brim, but they don’t leave
Florida petrol station attendant
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A Spanish military helicopter crashed in the desert in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing all 17 on board, in what military officials said appeared to be an accident. A second helicopter made a forced landing in the same area, injuring 5 of the 17 Spanish soldiers on board, the NATO-led International Security and Assistance Force said in a statement.
“ISAF believes that this is the result of an accident, but will not prejudge the results of the investigation,” said Maj. Andrew Elmes, a spokesman for the force in Kabul.
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A 23-year-old man has become the first person to be charged in connection with the terror attacks on London.
Ismael Abdurahman, who was arrested in connection with the July 21 attempted bombings, was charged under Section 38 the Terrorism Act 2000.
Abdurahman, of Newport Street, Kennington, south London, will appear before Bow Street Magistrates’ Court in central London on Thursday.
He was first arrested on July 28 on suspicion of harbouring an offender, before being rearrested under the Terrorism Act the following day.
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MOSCOW - Russian journalists were dismayed and worried by the announcement on Tuesday that the Russian government was barring ABC News from working here in retaliation for the television channel’s broadcast of an interview with Shamil Basayev, the Chechen rebel leader and a self-proclaimed terrorist.
“This is some kind of paranoia,” said Oleg Panfilov, Director of the Center for Journalists in Extreme Situations in a telephone interview.
“To punish a network for airing an interview with a person that the Russian authorities have not managed to capture is evidently a form of revenge for their own lack of success.” Russian television companies have no qualms about showing al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden, Abu Masab al-Zarqawi or other terrorists, he pointed
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