News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Thursday, March 2, 2006:
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| NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP): Experts Wednesday probed the unusual deaths of 14 birds in the southern Bahamas amid fears the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus strain had reached the Americas. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Fidel Castro met the presiding bishop of the US Episcopal Church, Frank Griswold, a day after Griswold issued a forceful criticism of Washington's trade embargo against Cuba. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Twenty-two AK47 rifles and five 9mm pistols are confirmed missing from storage bonds at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) headquarters Camp Ayanganna, located in the country's capital, Georgetown. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A report issued by United States stated that poor economic, social, and political conditions make Guyana a prime target for narcotics traffickers to exploit as a transit point. read more.. |
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| ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,. Justin Simon QC, on Wednesday announced that he has filed a claim in the High Court by the government of Antigua and Barbuda against nine defendants including the former Prime Minister Lester Bird. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Carnival was revealed to be once again the greatest of Haitian popular festivities. Hundreds of thousands of people danced in the streets of Port-au-Prince, forgetting their concerns, from February 26 to February 28, to the sound of their favorite musical groups. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Prime Minister Owen Arthur has launched his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) election campaign. He threw down the gauntlet and officially declared the election season open, warning that the gloves would be off and the BLP is prepared to go to the mat with anyone who wanted to get into a fight. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter Scale rocked parts of Trinidad on Monday sending tremors across the capital Port of Spain. read more.. |
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| Bermudian Premier Alex Scott, of the Progressive Labor Party (PLP), has declared 2006 as the year for an independence dialogue; however in reality, this announcement simply marks an extension of his unremitting attempts to engineer a majority in favor of ridding the island of 397 years of British rule. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Leeward Islands fast-medium bowler Gavin Tonge and Barbados’ wicketkeeper/batsman Patrick Browne were drafted into the West Indies A-team 13-member squad to start preparing for the second unofficial Test against England A, starting on Friday at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: Since his arrival in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday, Jamaican 100m world record holder, Asafa Powell has been centre stage in the buildup towards the Commonwealth Games, which takes place later this month. read more.. |
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