Archives for Thursday, September 23, 2004:

Death toll in Haiti reaches more than 1,000

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): The death toll in floods in Haiti rose to 1,013, with 1,200 more missing and 918 injured, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force said Wednesday... read more...

Haiti's president says armed groups still active despite presence of UN mission

UNITED NATIONS (AFP): Rogue armed groups are still roving strife-torn Haiti "without fear" despite the presence of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, Haiti's provisional president Boniface Alexandre said Wednesday... read more...

Cuba has 600 doctors and health experts in Haiti

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuba has more than 600 doctors and health advisors in Haiti helping victims of major floods that have killed hundreds, officials said Wednesday... read more...

US House votes against ending Cuba embargo, but for trips to island

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US House of Representatives refused to withhold funds earmarked for maintaining a US trade embargo against Cuba, but approved a private credit to finance sales of food and medicine to the island and protect students traveling to Cuba, congressional officials said Wednesday... read more...

Regional forces intervene to regain prison in Grenada

ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: A team from the Regional Security Services (RSS) presently in Grenada had to intervene on a request made by prison officials Tuesday evening to regain control of sections of this island's sole prison... read more...

A call for international aid agencies to involve NGOs in Grenada

ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: There are increasing calls here for international aid agencies to involve more Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) in order to relieve the pain of the thousands of Grenadians who have desperate needs... read more...

Lack of leadership hinders progress in hurricane-stricken Grenada

ST. GEORGE‘S, Grenada: The situation here is taking longer than expected to return to normalcy, says a leading local businessman, due to the inability of the leadership of the country to mobilise Grenadians to work side by side with Venezuelans and other relief personnel... read more...

Turks and Caicos expedition finds wooden shipwreck

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS: The Turks and Caicos National Museum in collaboration with Ships of Discovery have confirmed the existence of a wooden shipwreck near Breezy Point on East Caicos... read more...

SPORTS NEWS

West Indies survive Lara scare to book final place

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AFP): The West Indies survived an injury scare to captain Brian Lara to beat Pakistan by seven wickets and earn a place in Saturday's ICC Champions Trophy Final... read more...

West Indies confident of final win

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AFP): West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan is confident the West Indies can end a long sequence of failures by winning the ICC Champions Trophy... read more...