Archives for Tuesday, September 21, 2004:
Some 620 killed by tropical storm in Caribbean, Haiti hit hardest
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 20 (AFP) - At least 600 people have died in massive
floods that raged across northern Haiti after Tropical Storm Jeanne hit this
crushingly poor Caribbean nation over the weekend, a UN spokesman said Monday,
while 18 people were killed in other Caribbean islands...
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Canada sending one million dollars to Hurricane Ivan victims
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP): Canada will donate
one million dollars (770,000 US dollars) to Caribbean nations violently struck
by Hurricane Ivan, the foreign ministry said Monday...
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Philippines to send relief mission to hurricane-hit Cayman Islands
MANILA, Philippines (AFP): The Philippines will send officials to the Cayman
Islands to assist in relief work for some 900 Filipino workers there affected
when Hurricane Ivan cut a path of destruction across the Caribbean, the
foreign office said Monday...
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Cuba conference ends with call to foreign
investors to help ordinary Cubans
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP): A three-day conference aimed at increasing
international pressure to bring an end to the Castro regime in Cuba ended in
Prague on Sunday with a call for countries to support ordinary Cubans and not
the regime with their investments...
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Cable break interrupts Internet in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Thousands of Guyanese were without Internet service
for most of last Thursday because the Americas II submarine fiber-optic cable
broke in French Guiana, authorities said...
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OAS renews support for CARICOM hurricane
recovery efforts
WASHINGTON, USA: Renewing the Organization of American States’ (OAS) offer to
help mobilize donors and technical support for hurricane-ravaged countries of
the Caribbean, Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríguez said he was “deeply
concerned and very sorry” about the devastation that hurricanes Ivan and
Frances have caused on the nations of CARICOM.”...
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Oliver Stone documentary on Castro at San
Sebastian film fest
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP): Oliver Stone's new documentary on Fidel Castro was
screened at the weekend at the San Sebastian film festival with the US
filmmaker describing it as more "politically correct" than his previous film
on the Cuban leader...
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SPORTS NEWS
Jamaica’s Powell and Campbell clinch sprint
doubles
MONACO (AFP): Asafa Powell and Jamaican compatriot Veronica Campbell confirmed
their places as the season's best sprinters here on Sunday as both clinched a
100m-200m double at the IAAF Grand Prix finals...
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Lara urges side to build on form
LONDON, England (AFP): West Indies captain Brian Lara has urged his side to
carry their recent good one-day form into the Test arena...
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