Sunday, November 19, 2006

 

Dominican-Haitian to win RFK award

BATEY LECHERIA, Dominican Republic - Sonia Pierre was just 13 when she was arrested and threatened with deportation for leading her fellow residents of Haitian descent in a march for sugar cane-cutters' rights.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/dominican_haitian_activist

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Nicaraguan president signs abortion ban

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - President Enrique Bolanos signed a bill Friday banning abortion in all cases — including when a woman's life is endangered — despite opposition from doctors, women's rights groups and diplomats.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/nicaragua_abortions

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Shots fired at anti-U.N. rally in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Gunfire rang out Saturday during a street protest by university students demanding the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from Haiti, and witnesses said two demonstrators were wounded.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061119/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/haiti_un_protest_shooting

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No end to the 'N-word' debate

The 'N-word' continues to provoke debate throughout the Caribbean and elsewhere.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/11/061117_nword2.shtml

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

 

Bobbies for St Lucia police cleanup



The St Lucia home affairs minister Calixte George has been defending the decision to recruit 10 British police officers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/11/061114_lucianbobbiesupdate.shtml

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UN investigates soldiers' deaths

un troops
Some Haitians demand that UN troops pull out of the country.
A spokesman for the United Nations secretary general has described the security situation in Haiti as "messy and nasty".









http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/11/061114_haitiunupdate2.shtml

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Friday, November 10, 2006

 

BBC Caribbean News In Brief

News in Brief for Thursday November 9

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

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St. Maarten autonomy row

The leader of government in Dutch St. Maarten has rebuffed criticisms that the territory is getting much less than it wanted under a new governance agreement signed with the Netherlands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/11/061107_stmaartencountrydebate.shtml

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UN votes against Cuba embargo

The United Nations General Assembly has once again approved a resolution calling on the United States to lift its forty-four-year-long trade embargo on Cuba.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/11/061109_cubaembargo.shtml

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Antigua begins paying back wages

The government of Antigua and Barbuda has said that a pay-out of millions dollars in backpay to public workers will put its finances under further stress.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/11/061107_antigua.shtml

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Panama is elected to UN seat

Panama has been elected as a non-permanent member of the United Security Council - ending weeks of deadlock.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/11/061107_panama.shtml

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Caribbean accepts banana tariff

Caribbean banana officials are agreeing with European Union officials that a new tariff system is meeting its objectives.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/11/061109_bananatariff.shtml

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