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HAVANA (Reuters) - Ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped off roofs in the southern Bahamas on Sunday and Cuba scrambled to move hundreds of thousands of people inland, away from a storm eventually headed toward the U.S. Gulf oil patch and possibly New Orleans. Full Article
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year after her disastrous performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears opened the event's 25th annual installment on Sunday in anti-climactic fashion, leaving the singing to others. Full Article
Sept. 7 - America's biggest mortgage guarantors - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - are temporarily taken over by the U.S. government. Play Video
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Living landscapes
The annual 'Living landscapes' procession celebrates Cedarberg region's cultural heritage, in South Africa.