Archives for Tuesday, March 23, 2004:

Nigeria grants temporary stay to Aristide while he seeks home

ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP): Nigeria agreed on Monday to allow Haiti's deposed president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to spend a few weeks in the west African country before moving on to another destination, a senior official said... read more...

Grenadian fishermen seek to protect reserves

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: Barbados and Venezuelan fishermen are accused of fishing illegally in the territorial waters of neighbouring Grenada.  A fisheries official in Grenada is asking the Grenada government to invest in the protection of the country's marine resources so as to stop foreign fishermen from fishing in territorial waters... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

Privy Council to rule on Caribbean death penalty

LONDON, England: Hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica may win a reprieve following an unprecedented Privy Council hearing due to begin in London on Monday... read more...

Long delayed murder trial to start Tuesday in St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The widow of British millionaire Tony Fetherston is finally set to face the man accused of gunning him down in cold blood. Margaret Fetherston is due to attend court in St Kitts on Tuesday for the dramatic trial of Joseph Hazel... read more...

Grenada 13 win appeal

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada: After spending over twenty years in prison for the killing of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his cabinet colleagues in 1983, thirteen leaders of the defunct People's Revolutionary Government have won a landmark court ruling in their favour... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

England on the verge of second Test triumph

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): England's 36-year wait for a Test series victory in the Caribbean is near its end. Fast bowler Simon Jones triggered another sensational West Indies batting collapse that left Michael Vaughan's side with the modest target of 99 to win the second Test at Queens Park Oval and, when bad light stopped play 11 overs early on the penultimate day on Monday, England had reached 71 for two - just 28 runs short of victory... read more...

Five-wicket Jones apologises for Sarwan outburst

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Fast bowler Simon Jones apologised on Monday for his astonishing outburst at Ramnaresh Sarwan as he put England on the verge of victory in the second Test... read more...

World Cup qualifiers CONCACAF: Dominican Republic-Anguilla

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Result from a first round, second leg match in the 2006 World Cup North and Central American and Caribbean qualifiers on Sunday: Dominican Republic 6 (Zapata 15, Severino 38, 60, Contreras 57, 90, Vasquez 76) Anguilla 0. Dominican Republic win 6-0 on aggregate.