HAVANA: Deadly Hurricane Ike on Tuesday made its second pass in a week over Cuba, lashing the country’s northwest and its crumbling capital Havana, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees, and leaving four dead. ( Watch )   The storm crashed into Pinar del Rio province from the south barely 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital, sparking new flooding in a region blasted two weeks ago by Hurricane Gustav.

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