Archives for Saturday, December 27, 2003:

South Africa's Mbeki to visit Bahamas, Haiti

PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP): South African President Thabo Mbeki leaves this weekend for the Bahamas and then to strife-torn Haiti to attend bicentennial independence celebrations in Port-au-Prince, the foreign ministry said Friday... read more...

Frozen stowaway found on Jamaica-JFK flight

NEW YORK, USA (UPI): Authorities say a stowaway aboard an American Airlines jet was found frozen to death in the plane's wheel well at Kennedy Airport... read more...

Cayman Islands issues temporary ban on US meat products

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: A temporary importation ban covering live ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats) from the US, as well as ruminant bone-in meats and processed ruminant meat products from the States, was issued Wednesday by the Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture (DoA)... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Lara and Jacobs lead West Indian fightback

DURBAN, South Africa (AFP): Brian Lara and Ridley Jacobs hit half-centuries as the West Indies fought back after a disastrous start on the first day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead Friday... read more...

ICARE votes Tanya Streeter best female freediver for 2003

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: ICARE - the International Center for Apnea Recognition and Education, based in Switzerland, recently voted Tanya Streeter as the best female freediver for 2003. Tanya, who is originally from the Cayman Islands, has been at the forefront of the sport of freediving for a number of years and is the only female athlete in sports history to have broken a man's world record... read more...