Archives for Monday, May 31, 2004:

Death toll in Caribbean floods nears 1,400

JIMANI, Dominican Republic (AFP): Flash flooding has killed 385 people in this small Dominican town near the border with Haiti, where 996 more died, officials said Sunday, as aid workers concentrated on saving the living... read more...

Floods add to Haiti's political and social crises

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Devastating floods and mudslides that have killed nearly 1,000 people in Haiti in the last week have further complicated the efforts of the transitional government to recover from an armed uprising earlier this year... read more...

Caricom to provide flood relief to Haiti and Dominican Republic

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The Caribbean Community (Caricom) will provide disaster relief to storm-ravaged Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where at least 958 people were killed in flash floods, the organisation said Saturday... read more...

Aristide leaves Jamaica for South Africa

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): Former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide left Jamaica on Sunday for what he said would be his "temporary home" in South Africa... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

Gayle saves West Indies blushes

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (AFP): A purposeful, undefeated fifth Test hundred from Chris Gayle helped bring some respectability back to the West Indies batting on the third day of the opening cricket Test against Bangladesh on Sunday... read more...

Four-star Scotland ease past Trinidad

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AFP): Scotland enjoyed a comfortable 4-1 friendly international win against Trinidad and Tobago at Easter Road here Sunday as they finished a tough season on a high... read more...

Guyana woman wins light heavyweight world title

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Gwendolyn O'Neil of Guyana defeated American female boxer Kathy Rivers on Sunday for the World International Boxing Association's (WIBA) Light Heavyweight world title... read more...

Rafique plunders maiden hundred for Bangladesh

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (AFP): Mohammad Rafique delivered the ultimate slap in the face to the West Indies, when he completed his maiden Test hundred, batting at nine, to lead Bangladesh to their highest Test total on a rain-shortened second day of the opening cricket Test on Saturday... read more...