Archives for Tuesday, March 16, 2004:

Furious at Jamaica welcoming Aristide, Haiti freezes diplomatic ties

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Ex-president Jean Bertrand Aristide's arrival in Jamaica Monday angered Haitian authorities, who froze ties with their Caribbean neighbor and warned of violence in Port-au-Prince, where the first US marine was wounded overnight... read more...

US, Dominican Republic strike free-trade agreement

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States struck a free-trade agreement with the Dominican Republic but kept interim protections against sugar, dairy and meat imports, the government said Monday... read more...

Symbolic prison cell in Prague commemorates Cuban dissidents

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP): More than 70 politicians, actors and writers are to each spend time in a mock prison cell in the centre of Prague's Wenceslas Square to raise awareness of the plight of political prisoners in Cuba... read more...

FATF satisfied with Bahamas on international treaties

NASSAU, Bahamas: The Bahamas has been considered to have made satisfactory progress on the matter of legal assistance treaties by the FATF (Financial Action Task Force), the Attorney General Alfred Sears revealed last week ... read more...

Bulgarian woman with 19-month baby stuck in Dominican Republic jail

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BNN): A young Bulgarian woman, whom the Dominican Republic has pardoned after convicting her of drug traffic, is still living in a local prison with her 19 month-old daughter for lack of money to return home, a report said... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Shock and awe of Windies destruction reverberates across Caribbean

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): The Caribbean awoke to still stunned by the "shock and awe" of England's destruction of the West Indies in the opening cricket Test that ended at Sabina Park on Sunday... read more...

Windies make unprecedented apology for England thrashing

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): The West Indies cricket team on Monday issued an unprecedented public apology for their shocking performance on the fourth day of the first Test match that resulted in a crushing defeat to England... read more...

Harmison goes from zero to hero

LONDON, England (AFP): Just over a year ago Steve Harmison could barely complete his run-up but on Sunday he put those nightmares behind him as he took seven wickets for 12 runs as West Indies crashed to a Test low 47 all out and England clinched the first Test by 10 wickets... read more...