News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Monday, July 3, 2006:
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| WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters): The United States should act fast to boost a transitional government in Cuba when President Fidel Castro's rule ends and get advisers on the ground within weeks, a U.S. government report recommends. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (UPI): Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former priest and exiled former president of Haiti, is the target of a major U.S. drug investigation, The Miami-Herald said. read more.. |
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| SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters): The Dominican Republic has turned to baseball legend Sammy Sosa in a bid to lift its economic and marketing image in Asia. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (Reuters): French President Jacques Chirac said on Friday United Nations forces should remain in Haiti to continue their mission to help preserve order and pledged support for the impoverished Caribbean country. read more.. |
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| KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic (AFP): American actor Andy Garcia said he hoped for "a rapid transformation" in Cuba, the country where he was born, when he presented his first film as director at the Karlovy Vary international film festival on Saturday. read more.. |
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| GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Haiti will mark its return to the Caribbean trade and development bloc CARICOM on Monday at a summit of the organization's member states in St Kitts and Nevis. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Mariela Castro is leading a Cuban revolution less well known than her Uncle Fidel's: one in favour of sexual tolerance within the island's macho society. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 General elections in Guyana to elect the President and government of the country will most probably be held in early September. At the time of writing, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) appears ready to publish a voters’ list read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP): Leg-spin bowler Anil Kumble captured six wickets to bowl India to a historic win inside three days in the fourth and final Test on Sunday at Sabina Park. read more.. |
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| ATHENS, Greece: A host of Caribbean stars, including world champions Trecia Smith of Jamaica and Cuba's Osleidys Menendez, will be part of the largest contingent ever at the Athens Super Grand Prix, scheduled for Monday 3 July 2006. read more.. |
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| SANTA CLARA, USA (AFP): The United States pounded Barbados 91-0 here Saturday in a 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifier. The USA will meet Canada in the final match of the Americas qualifying group 3b. read more.. |
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