HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Four people died and 45 were injured, some of them seriously, after a public bus overturned in the Cuban province of Camaguey, east of Havana, Cuban media reported Thursday. read more..

CASTRIES, St Lucia: The much-anticipated by-election to elect a Parliamentary Representative for the Castries-Central constituency in St Lucia will take place on March 13. read more..

MADRID, Spain (AFP): A Spanish-led crackdown on users of internet paedophilia sites has led to arrests in 17 countries, including the Dominican Republic, a European body said Thursday. read more..

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti said Thursday the security situation in Port-au-Prince had improved due to help from police, and noted a sharp drop in crimes and kidnappings. read more..

NEW YORK, USA (UPI): A Dutch teenager tells an interviewer that he left Natalee Holloway, the U.S. teenager who disappeared in Aruba, alone on a beach. read more..

MIAMI, USA (UPI): A potential witness may exist to pursue an indictment of Raul Castro, brother of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in shoot-downs of civilian planes, a report said. read more..

LONDON, England: Following Work Permits UK decision to grant Ricardo Fuller permission to start his one month loan at Ipswich, Joe Royle, manager of the club is already thinking about making the Jamaican’s switch a permanent one. read more..

LONDON, England: Despite serving a three-match ban for elbowing Everton captain David Weir in the face during a match last month, Grenadian international Jason Roberts is not a certain starter for Wigan Athletic when they tackle Manchester United for the Carling Cup on Sunday. read more..

MELBOURNE, Australia: Although it has already circulated in the media that Jamaica's 100m World record holder Asafa Powell will compete in next month's 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, his manager Paul Doyle, confirmed on Thursday that the sprinter will definitely travel for the Games. read more..