Stories for August 20th 2007

Monday, August 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Hurricane Dean batters Jamaica, heads toward Mexico

Hurricane Dean buffeted Jamaica's southern coast, flooding the capital and littering it with broken trees and roofs after killing nine people earlier on its run through the Caribbean.

Monday, August 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina's Menem loses governor's race

Former Pte. Carlos Menem

Former President Carlos Menem was easily defeated by an incumbent governor of a western province on Sunday, ending a comeback bid by the 77-year-old who governed the country from 1989 to 1999.

Monday, August 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Navy's newest warship sets sail for Falkland Islands patrol duty

 HMS Clyde leaving Portsmouth

The Royal Navy's newest warship HMS Clyde left Portsmouth on Monday, 20 August bound for the South Atlantic.

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