Archives for Thursday, March 11, 2004:

Two thought dead in battle with US Marines, as new PM returns to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): US Marines believe they killed two gunmen in a firefight outside the office that will house newly-appointed prime minister Gerard Latortue, who returned to violence-torn Haiti Wednesday... read more...

Dominican Republic on alert after Haitian prisoners freed

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): The Dominican Republic's armed forces announced Wednesday they were boosting border security amid reports that Haitian rebels had freed more than 3,000 prisoners... read more...

Convicted Cubans request retrial

MIAMI, USA (UPI): Five incarcerated Cubans are struggling to reclaim their freedom through the American legal system. Bitterly contrasting opinions about whether they were protecting their homeland or endangering the United States typify the impassioned and polarized relations between Havana and Miami... read more...

Jamaican parliament approves Caribbean Community Act

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican House of Representatives gave the nod to a Bill on Tuesday allowing Jamaica to ratify and consequently implement the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas... read more...

CARICOM and Costa Rica sign free trade agreement

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded its second free trade agreement with a country in the wider Caribbean with the signature of the CARICOM-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement today in Jamaica... read more...

Jamaica grants mobile licence to AT&T

KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Jamaican government granted a fourth mobile licence on Tuesday to Wireless Ventures Jamaica Limited, a subsidiary of the United States AT&T Wireless to provide telecommunication services in Jamaica... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Windies coming to the boil over beating old enemy

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): For several reasons, there is a buzz in the Caribbean ahead of the opening Test of four between West Indies and England, starting at Sabina Park here on Thursday... read more...

Fit-again Butcher hands England Test boost

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): England's hopes of beating the West Indies in the first Test were given a timely boost on Wednesday when veteran batsman Mark Butcher was passed fit... read more...