Archives for Tuesday, April 13, 2004:

Turks & Caicos Chief Minister invited to Canada to discuss union

CALGARY, Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has spoken to his political counterpart in the Turks and Caicos Islands about creating a more robust relationship with the Caribbean island chain, coveted by some as Canada's "island in the sun."... read more...

Fair trials group helping British woman jailed in Dominican Republic

LONDON, England: A leading specialist in securing justice for British citizens imprisoned overseas was due to fly to the Caribbean Monday to meet a British woman jailed in the Dominican Republic... read more...

Bermuda expands probe into investment fund

LONDON, England: Bermuda's administration has appointed KPMG to help with its probe into the fund at the heart of the battle for control of Megafon, one of Russia's leading mobile phone companies... read more...

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

HBO to air Oliver Stone's revamped documentary on Castro

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The cable channel Home Box Office will Wednesday air a revised version of Oliver Stone's controversial documentary on Fidel Castro, after the director returned to Cuba to update his work with the results of last year's crackdown on dissidents... read more...

LEGAL NEWS

Forensic first in St Kitts murder trial

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The scientific evidence that caught the murderer of British millionaire Tony Fetherston was the first time that DNA results had been used on one of the Caribbean islands, according to a report by the East Anglian Daily Times... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Lara's record 400 leaves West Indies in charge

ST. JOHNS, Antigua (AFP): West Indies captain Brian Lara became the first batsman to score 400 runs and then watched his fast bowlers build on his hard work to leave England in tatters in the fourth and final cricket Test on Monday... read more...

Antigua Prime Minister congratulates Brian Lara on setting new world record

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer has congratulated West Indies Captain Brian Lara on setting a new record score in Test Cricket at the Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG) in St. John’s.  The Prime Minster was among the first to congratulate the star batman on the field after he accomplished the feat.... read more...

Ex-record holder Hayden praises Lara's "incredible achievement"

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Australian batsman Matthew Hayden telephoned West Indies captain Brian Lara Tuesday to congratulate him on his "truly amazing" record of scoring 400 runs in a Test match... read more...

Trinidad PM praises record-setting West Indies captain

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Patrick Manning hailed West Indies captain Brian Lara, who Monday became the first batsman to score 400 runs... read more...

Australian takes up West Indies coaching post

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AFP): Darren Holder, the Talent Development Manager at Queensland Cricket in Australia, has been appointed as coaching manager with the West Indies Cricket Board... read more...