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In Ecuador the US military attacking a drug trafficking... In Toronto three of the 12 charges dropped...sexual assault trial...billionaire businessman Frank Stronach... Fox News reporting...third US aircraft carrier...Middle East... Hezbollah forces in Lebanon...fighting Israeli troops landed by helicopter... President Trump...'private interest' in sending US ground troops to Iran... Extensive Israeli air attacks inside Iran... Some Iranian missiles fired at Israel... Three Liquefied Natural Gas tankers diverting from Europe to Asia... To deal with skyrocketing oil prices the US easing some oil sanctions on Russia... In Chicago...funeral service for the Reverend Jesse Jackson... Islamic militant kidnapping more than 300 people in...

A drone boat destroyed in Sevastopol, Russia... The commander of a US naval vessel relieved of command... Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach arrested and charged in a sexual assault investigation... Houthi authorities in Yemen detaining at least 11 United Nations personnel. Three employees of the US funded... US Central Command says four missiles were launched from Yemen... "America is not only trying to suppress us. They believe that, as it seems to me, this is the best historical moment to get rid of us" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov... Joe Biden making another "defending democracy" speech in Normandy on the same spot...

For Dion Houston, a slight 43-year-old with a gold tooth and the jaunty air of a pirate, hurricane Katrina has been "a blessing," even a holiday of sorts. Since leaving his flooded New Orleans apartment, he "found $2,000 just floating in the water," quit smoking crack, and finally proposed to his 25-year-old girlfriend, Miata Gipson, who is six months pregnant. Plus, they've been given a new TV, a closet full of clothes, "everything for the baby except the baby," a free day trip to Lion Country Safari, US$600 from the Red Cross which helped pay for an engagement ring --...