SUVA, FIJI: Cyclone Kina caused heavy flooding and blew away houses on Fiji, killing at least nine people, officials said Sunday. Eleven people were missing al sea, and more than 1,000 fled their homes. The South Pacific country’s tourist resorts escaped serious damage I’m Saturday night’s storm, which packed winds of 115 mph of more near its center, Syria denies travel ban
DAMASCUS, SYRIA: Syna’s chief rabbi said Sunday that “administrative problems” have delayed exit permits for Jews seeking to leave the country, but he denied that a ban on travel for Jews has been re imposed.
Rabbi Ibrahim Hamm, speaking to reporters at his home in Damascus, gave no indication as to how long it would be before Jews would be issued exit permits. No exit visas have been issued to Symran Jews since mid-October, the World Jewish Congress said in Washington recently.
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