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ABC News' Terry McCarthy has been reporting on war, peace, and everything in between from all around the world for 20 years. He writes about daily life in the areas he is reporting from.

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DUDE - WHERE'S MY BEACH?


I went running this morning along the main beach in Cancun – or at least, the narrow strip that is left of it. Just as Hurricane Wilma did in October 2005, Hurricane Dean has stolen a lot of the sand...

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August 22, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

HURRICAN AWE


Outside the wind is blowing sea spray like torn curtains across the sky. Inside my Cancun hotel room the television is showing repeated satellite pictures of Hurricane Dean – it looks enormous, hundreds of miles across, a Category 5 monster....

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August 21, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

UNSMILING EYES


It is unnerving to speak to someone for 45 minutes and have the feeling they are staring right through the back of your skull. So it was when I sat down with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for an interview this...

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August 5, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)