Tuesday, October 24, 2006

 

Official: new St Martin visa rules

Citizens of Suriname, Dominica, Guyana and Jamaica will now require visas to enter both French and Dutch St Martin.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/10/061024_maartenvisa.shtml

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Sunday, October 22, 2006

 

Abortion ban closer in Nicaragua


Pro-choice demonstrator in Managua this week
Some women's groups have hit out against the changes
A Nicaraguan parliamentary committee has approved draft legislation to ban all abortions, including in cases where the mother's life is at risk.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6072092.stm

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Panama to vote on expanded canal


A container ship in the Panama canal
The Panama Canal opened in 1914
The people of Panama are due to vote in a referendum on an ambitious plan to expand the country's famous canal and increase traffic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6074106.stm

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Saturday, October 21, 2006

 

Chamorro: Nicaragua won't repeat past

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Ex-President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who led Nicaragua out of 11 years of leftist Sandinista rule, said Friday she trusts the country will not return to its troubled past when it elects a president in about two weeks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061021/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/nicaragua_chamorro;_ylt=AlZvzEaimXOwW6FT5G_2g_5vaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

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Defining developing countries

The debate over the definition of a developing country has been triggered again with the release of the United Nations 2006 World Development report.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/10/061020_developing.shtml

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Guatemala 'may' abandon UN race

Guatemala's foreign minister has said the country may withdraw its candidacy for a United Nations Security Council amid a row with Venezuela.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/10/061019_unlatest.shtml

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UK police hunt rapist in Caribbean

Detectives hunting one of Britain's worst serial sex attackers have flown to the Caribbean to appeal for information.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/10/061020_rapist.shtml

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5 arrests in Panama tainted medicine case

PANAMA CITY, Panama - Panamanian authorities said Wednesday that 26 people had died after drinking tainted cough medicine, and five people had been detained on suspicion of selling contaminated material to a factory that produced the medication.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/panama_deadly_medicine;_ylt=Akc7gLMXYBzkUBmFO3PBVxxvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

# posted by M. C. @ 12:28 PM 0 comments
 

BBC Caribbean News In Brief

News in Brief for Thursday October 19

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/09/060907_newsbrief.shtml

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Trinidadian's opera takes flight

It is not often that traditional Caribbean rhythms can be heard coming from London's Royal Opera House.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6055036.stm

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U.S. missionary kidnapped in Haiti

Captives seize minister leaving his church, demanding $5,000 ransom

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15311147/

# posted by M. C. @ 12:26 PM 0 comments
 

BBC Caribbean News In Brief

News in Brief for Tuesday October 17

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/09/060907_newsbrief.shtml

# posted by M. C. @ 12:25 PM 0 comments
 

An apology for slavery

Should the present United Kingdom (UK) government apologise for Britain’s role in the slave trade which, on March 25th next year, would have been abolished for 200 years?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/10/061016_sanders16oct.shtml

# posted by M. C. @ 12:24 PM 0 comments
 

New mini-US passport for Caribbean

A card-format passport for American citizens has been proposed for travel through land and sea ports of entry between the United States and the Caribbean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/10/061017_passportcreditcard.shtml

# posted by M. C. @ 12:23 PM 0 comments
 

Caymans defend immigration law

Officials in the Cayman Islands have been defending a policy which seeks to limit the length of time which non-nationals can spend in the British territory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/10/061010_caymanrollover.shtml

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Keeping HOPE alive for Haiti

A stalled U.S. trade bill designed to bring thousands of apparel assembly jobs to impoverished Haiti could receive a vote in Congress by the end of the year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/10/061010_haitihope.shtml

# posted by M. C. @ 12:22 PM 0 comments
 

'World's oldest man' dies in Cuba

A Cuban man who claimed to be the oldest person in the world has died in hospital at what he believed was the age of 126.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6042982.stm

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