Archives for Saturday, May 1, 2004:

Mandela thanks Trinidad-Tobago for anti-apartheid help

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Former South African president Nelson Mandela on Friday thanked Trinidad and Tobago for its support in overthrowing apartheid... read more...

US wants to extradite Guyanese for drugs, money laundering

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): US prosecutors want to extradite several Guyanese to face drug trafficking charges in a US court, Guyana's Attorney General Doodnauth Singh said Friday... read more...

UN Security Council approves Haiti peace force

UNITED NATIONS (AFP): The UN Security Council on Friday voted unanimously to approve a UN peacekeeping and police force in Haiti to help get the poorest nation in the Americas back on the road to stability... read more...

US welcomes UN vote on Haiti

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The White House on Friday warmly welcomed the UN Security Council's unanimous approval for sending a UN peacekeeping and police force to Haiti... read more...

Jamaica sentences ex-British soldier to one year for drugs

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): A former British soldier received a one-year sentence Friday after he was caught at Montego Bay's airport with cocaine in his clothes and stomach... read more...

Death sentence for murderer of British millionaire in St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: 30-year-old Joseph Hazel has been sentenced to hang for the murder of a British millionaire more than four years ago in St Kitts... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Better weather expected for St. Lucia double-header

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (AFP): Improved weather conditions over the last 24 to 48 hours have increased the possibility of play in the fifth and sixth one-day internationals between West Indies and England on Saturday and Sunday here... read more...

Baseball to launch drug-testing program in Dominican Republic

NEW YORK, USA (AFP): Major League Baseball took a step, albeit a tangential one, toward curing its alleged steroid epidemic Friday, implementing a drug-testing program in the Dominican Summer League... read more...

Jamaica's Lawrence eager to get back on track after injury

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): Jamaican Olympic bronze medallist Tayna Lawrence says she can't wait to get back on the track after a long injury layoff... read more...