Archives for Saturday, May 29, 2004:

Race to get emergency aid to Caribbean flood victims

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): International rescuers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic raced Friday to deliver aid to victims of flooding that killed at least 958 people, amid fears the toll would sharply rise... read more...

One dead, 76 injured in Cuban train derailment

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): At least one person was killed and another 78 were injured when a train packed with about 1,000 students jumped the tracks outside the Cuban capital, witnesses said... read more...

Brazil sends 161 troops to join UN force in Haiti

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP): Brazil on Friday sent 161 soldiers to join a 6,700-troop UN stabilization force in Haiti.  The UN force is to take over in Haiti next month from an international contingent set up after president Jean Bertrand Aristide was forced from power on February 29... read more...

Haiti's deforestation led to deadly floods says PM

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AFP): Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue on Friday attributed Haiti's deadly flash floods to the Caribbean country's massive deforestation... read more...

Jamaica, South Africa argue over Aristide plane fare

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): Two days before ousted Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide and his family are to leave for temporary asylum in South Africa, it is still unclear who will pay the plane fare... read more...

Jamaican police nab their most wanted suspect

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AFP): Jamaican authorities have arrested the Caribbean island's most wanted fugitive, a 40-year-old man investigators have linked to at least eight murders, police said Thursday... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Bashar hits third Test hundred for Bangladesh

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (AFP): Habibul Bashar hit his third Test hundred to help Bangladesh bat through the opening day of the opening cricket Test against West Indies on Friday... read more...