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| British couple seriously wounded in horrific machete attack on Caribbean island |
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www.telegraph.co.uk/news... - A British couple were left for dead after being attacked with machetes at their Caribbean holiday home. Peter and Murium Green have both undergone emergency surgery following the attack in Tobago.
The alarm was raised after Mrs Green, 59, who suffered severe facial injuries, crawled from their home into the street pleading for help. more... () |
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| Over 50,000 Caribbean Born Ex-Convicts Sent Home |
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| westorlandonews.com/2009... - Over 50,000 convicted Caribbean-born criminals, who have called the U.S. home for many years, have been shipped back to the Caribbean in the past decade under tough U.S. immigration laws, a CaribWorldNews analysis of new Department of Homeland Security data reveals. more... () |
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| Beenie Man dances his way to the kingdom |
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| www.muzikspace.com - The concept isn’t new. As far as we knew Beenie Man had already crowned himself King of the Dancehall with his 2004 hit titled just that. Plus we’ve been jamming to his Caribbean beats since “Who Am I” hit airwaves in the late ’90s. But Jamaica had to make it official. more... () |
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| Toronto Concert Scraps Musician Labeled ’Homophobic’ |
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| www.muzikspace.com - Elephant Man won’t be performing on Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Caribana festival in Toronto. The Jamaican dancehall musician is known for lyrics that advocate for the torture and murder of gay men and lesbians. more... () |
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| Boat with Haitians capsizes in Atlantic |
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| www.muzikspace.com - A boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and up to 85 people are missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday. One survivor said the boat struck a reef as it tried to elude police. more... () |
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| Jamaican sprinters fail drug tests according to IAAF |
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| www.telegraph.co.uk/spor... - A year after Jamaica's athletes ruled the world by winning six gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, the country was reeling on Friday from the news that five of its leading sprinters had tested positive for a banned substance. more... () |
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| Royal Navy frigate seizes £33m of cocaine in first week on patrol |
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| www.muzikspace.com - The Royal Navy has seized cocaine worth £33million from a speedboat off the coast of South America. HMS Iron Duke was just a week into its latest Caribbean deployment as part of a multi-national task force to counter drug smuggling in the region. more... () |
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| The Harder They Come, Reggae-Infused Musical, Opens in Toronto |
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| www.playbill.com/news/ar... - The North American premiere of The Harder They Come, the new reggae music musical based on the film of the same name, about an obscure Jamaican performer hoping for stardom, opens July 23 after previews from July 21 in Toronto. more... () |
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| Gays live and die in fear in Jamaica |
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| www.kansas.com/news/worl... - Even now, about three years after a near-fatal gay bashing, Sherman gets jittery at dusk. On bad days, his blood quickens, his eyes dart, and he seeks refuge indoors. more... () |
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| Amnesty says police killings rising in Jamaica |
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| www.etaiwannews.com/etn/... - An increase in fatal shootings by police is setting back efforts to curb violence and build faith in the Caribbean nation's justice system, Amnesty International said Tuesday. A report by the London-based group said the killings reflect a disregard for human rights in the island's inner cities, where residents are cut off from many basic services and violent gang leaders often hold more influence than government authorities. more... () |
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| Usain Bolt: I'll rule the world because Gay can't beat me |
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| www.dailymail.co.uk/spor... - Usain Bolt says Tyson Gay has no chance of beating him at next month's World Championships in Berlin despite the American being the fastest man over 100 metres this year. more... () |
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| New Slavery Records Trace Caribbean Routes |
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| www.muzikspace.com - A collection of slavery records newly available over the Internet may help thousands of people trace their families back to Africa through St. Croix, a former slave-trading hub in the Caribbean. more... () |
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| West Indies players refuse to back down |
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| www.muzikspace.com - The West Indies players who declined to play in the first Test against Bangladesh are unlikely to back down and apologise to the West Indies board, raising the likelihood of a weakened side for the second Test against Bangladesh even though they lost the first by 95 runs in St. Vincent. more... () |
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| Cautious Optimism Abounds After Reggae Boyz Victory |
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| www.muzikspace.com - The Jamaican press were happy about the national team win on Friday in Miami, yet they will still have to be watching the games on Saturday in order to give closure to their fate in the Gold Cup. more... () |
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| Jamaican DJ Bounty Killa arrested for assault |
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| www.muzikspace.com - Jamaican reggae and dance hall star Bounty Killa was arrested on assault and other charges on Thursday for an altercation with an off-duty policeman nearly two years ago. Police said Bounty Killa, whose real name is Rodney Pryce, could face a sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted. more... () |
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| West Indies strike talks fail |
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| www.muzikspace.com - Talks between the West Indies Cricket Board and the players' union ended after just 23 minutes when the board refused to negotiate while the players remained on strike. more... () |
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| Guadeloupe moves into quarters with 2-0 win |
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| www.muzikspace.com - Playing in its second consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup, Guadeloupe is out to prove the last time was no fluke. That its semifinal finish at the 2007 edition was merely a warning shot. That the Gwada Boys mean business. So far, so good. more... () |
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| Tyrone Marshall returns to FIU to compete in Gold Cup |
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| www.miamiherald.com/spor... - The specifics might be fuzzy more than 12 years later, but there's a moment that those in attendance -- and anyone associated with FIU soccer -- will never forget: Tyrone Marshall, in the 57th minute, unleashing a bicycle kick from 15 yards out. The acrobatic shot connected, put FIU up 2-0 and guaranteed the Golden Panthers a place in the title match against St. John's. more... () |
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| Son died in Jamaica protecting his wife, mother says |
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| www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ne... - Tiki Hunia, 27, and Nickie-Jean Hunia, who live in Hong Kong, were approached by a gunman in the yard of the guest house in which they were holidaying on Upper Montrose Rd - an expensive area known as the "Golden Triangle" in the Kingston suburb of St Andrew. more... () |
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| Awesome Bolt comes home alone in atrocious conditions |
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| www.muzikspace.com - PAUL HESSION last night officially finished third to Jamaica’s world 200 metres record holder Usain Bolt at the Lausanne Grand Prix in Switzerland – the only problem being it was in a separate race. Hession clocked his fastest 200 metres of the season in the B race as his 20.50 seconds was enough to hold off the top American Kelly Willie – although that only went some way towards not making the A-race, where Bolt ran a stunning 19.59 seconds. more... () |
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| Jamaica Reports first Swine Flu Deah |
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| www.jamaicaobserver.com/... - JAMAICA yesterday recorded its first death from the Influenza A H1N1 virus, commonly called Swine Flu, prompting the health minister to ask a team of doctors to probe the incident and report to him Friday when he returns to the island. more... () |
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| From Haiti, a Surprise: Good News About AIDS |
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| www.abcnews.go.com/Inter... - When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin. Fifteen years later, she walks around her two-room concrete house on Haiti's central plateau, watching her four children play under the plantain trees. She looks healthy, her belly amply filling a gray, secondhand T-shirt. Her three sons and one daughter were born after she was diagnosed. None has the virus. more... () |
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| Stanford’s ‘Fantasy Island’ May Repay Investors, Receiver Says |
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| www.bloomberg.com/apps/n... - Stanford International Bank’s Antiguan receiver said he may be able to repay depositors more than the projected 10 cents on the dollar if he can persuade developers to build a Caribbean island resort and get a U.S. receiver to stop fighting him for control of overseas assets. more... () |
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| Former US president Clinton offers help to Haiti |
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| www.reuters.com/article/... - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited the mud-stained streets of the Haitian city of Gonaives on Tuesday on his first trip as United Nations special envoy to the poor Caribbean nation. Touring with Haitian President Rene Preval, Clinton said his priority was to marshal pledges from donor nations to build road networks, education and health care systems and help the government create 150,000 to 200,000 jobs within two years more... () |
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| Needy Caribbean islands at odds over alliances with Hugo Chávez |
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| www.miamiherald.com/457/... - GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Amid the lush beauty and black, sandy beaches of the cash-strapped island of Dominica, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is providing free cooking gas to the poor, financing a coffee treatment plant and constructing an oil-storage facility. more... () |
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| Deadly Clashes in Honduras as Ousted Leader Tries to Return |
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www.muzikspace.com - Supporters of Mr. Zelaya carried the body of a man said to have been shot dead by Honduran soldiers outside the airport.
Vowing to return home to recover his presidency, Mr. Zelaya boarded a plane in Washington for Honduras on Sunday afternoon with the United Nations General Assembly president, Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, and a small group of advisers and others. more... () |
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| Jamaican students have been urged to reject alien cultures |
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| www.thewestindiannews.co... - Jamaican students have been urged to reject alien cultures so that the country can return to the days when neighbours looked out for each other and children felt protected, former Senior Director at the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), Patricia Cuff, has said. more... () |
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| Caribbean tourism at risk from UK departure tax |
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| guardian.co.tt/business/... - The T&T Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) joins with the Caribbean Community in its strong objection to the United Kingdom (UK) government’s plans to increase the air passenger departure tax (APD) on persons travelling to the Caribbean. “We view the APD as unnecessary and discriminatory. It is a particularly stinging slap in the face when one considers that the recently signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is supposed to expand trade and result in developmental benefits for the Caribbean,” said TTCSI president Lawrence Placide in a statement. more... () |
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