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World: Yet Another Vicious Storm Barrels Toward Caribbean; Man Arrested Overseas For Celebrating Obama’s Win

November 7th, 2008

Haitian flooding

Yet another vicious storm barrels toward Caribbean. After suffering multiple storms this season, Caribbean islands are turning a watchful eye to the latest storm scheduled to hit named Paloma, reports the BBC. In particular, the northern portion of the Caribbean, including Jamaica, is getting ready for the storm’s effects. Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas are also likely to be hit if the storm stays on its path. The storm could turn into a hurricane Friday. Paloma, the 16th tropical storm this hurricane season, comes in the last month of the season which had been predicted to be quite busy. Haiti was one of the countries in the Caribbean hit hard by four consecutive storms earlier this season, which devastated some of the nation’s infrastructure and left thousands homeless and hungry.

Man arrested overseas for celebrating Obama’s win. One New-York based Grenadian’s excitement over President-elect Barack Obama’s historic victory got him in some big trouble. Police in Grenada arrested Roy Coutain Wednesday, charging him with disorderly behavior, obscene language and resisting arrest, reports the BBC. Police say that after Obama’s win, Coutain drove through the streets of the nation’s capital, St. George, honking his horn, continually shouting “Obama, Obama!” in a car draped with American flags, police say. He was also caught on video telling officers that they didn’t want him to celebrate, that the world was excited and that he had the right to celebrate since he voted for Obama. Coutain says he did not use any obscene language.

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