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Haj begins, marred by flooding, The National
The heaviest rainfall in years triggered flooding that wiped out bridges and streets in Mecca province, stranding Haj pilgrims and killing at least 77 people, none of whom were pilgrims.

Designs for new UK nuclear reactors are unsafe, claims watchdog, The Guardian
Britain’s main safety regulator threw the government’s energy plans into chaos tonight by damning the nuclear industry’s leading designs for new plants. The Health and Safety Executive said it could not recommend plans for new reactors because of wide-ranging concerns about their safety.

A remote island seeks a boom without a bust, The New York Times
“The good times are back on Christmas Island,” said Trish O’Donnell, this island’s sole real estate agent. “Three-quarters of Australians probably didn’t know Christmas Island belonged to Australia, but now it’s a speculators’ market. All thanks to the I.D.C.”

Castro prepara a su Ejército para una improbable invasión de EE UU, El País
En el momento de mayor distensión en las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Cuba, el Gobierno de Raúl Castro ha querido romper cualquier atisbo de acercamiento a Washington con el anuncio de unas maniobras militares, las de mayor envergadura llevadas a cabo en los últimos cinco años, para mantener al Ejército alerta ante una hipotética invasión militar estadounidense, algo que se antoja remoto a la vista de los cambios políticos habidos tanto en La Habana como en Washington.

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