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NEW YORK-COURT-Grand jury refuses to re-indict NYPD cop for killing Jamaican teenager
NEW YORK, CMC – A grand jury here has refused to re-indict a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer who last year shot dead a Jamaican youth in his own home. Police officer Richard Haste was indicted in June 2012, four months after the shooting death of Ramarley Graham, 18, in his Bronx, New York home on February 2, 2012.…
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Britain opens world’s second-largest offshore wind farm
LONDON, (Reuters) – The world’s second-largest offshore wind farm, capable of generating enough electricity to power over half a million homes, was opened officially off England’s east coast yesterday. Energy and Business Minister Michael Fallon opened the 500 megawatt Greater Gabbard wind farm off the Suffolk coast, a 1.3 billion pound ($2 billion) project that is a 50-50 joint venture…
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Obama cancels meeting with Russia’s Putin over Snowden decision
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday canceled a Moscow summit with President Vladimir Putin planned for next month in retaliation for Russia’s decision to grant asylum to fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. The move marks a stark low point in U.S.-Russian relations and raised questions about the “reset” in ties that Obama embarked on in his…
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Japan says Fukushima leak worse than thought, govt joins clean-up
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Highly radioactive water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said yesterday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up. The revelation amounted to an acknowledgement that plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has yet to come…
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UNITED STATES-POLITICS-US proud to call Jamaica “a partner and friend”
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Tuesday said it is “proud to call” Jamaica a “partner and friend” as the island celebrates its 51st anniversary of political independence from Britain. “On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I extend warm wishes to the people of Jamaica on the occasion of your 51st year of independence…
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CARIBBEAN-WEATHER-Forecasters predict “slightly” lower active 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season
OLORADO, CMC – Weather forecasters at Colorado State University (CSU) have lowered their prediction for the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season. “We continue to anticipate an above-average season in 2013, although we have lowered our forecast slightly due to anomalous cooling in the eastern subtropical and tropical Atlantic,” said Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray in their latest prediction. “We…
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CARIBBEAN-MIGRATION-Haitian nationals among 69 migrants repatriated by US Coast Guard
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has repatriated 69 migrants including 26 Haitian nationals. It said the crew of the cutters, William Flores and Sitkinak, also repatriated 43 Cuban migrants. “These repatriations are a result of five separate interdiction cases throughout the Caribbean Sea,” The Coast Guard said in a statement.
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U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution yesterday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S. lawmakers said was the most serious in years. The State Department said 19 U.S. embassies and consulates would be closed through Saturday “out of an abundance of caution” and that a…
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VENEZUELA-POLITICS -Cuban exiles accused of supporting assassination plot.
CARACAS, Venezuela, CMC – Venezuelan government officials have accused members of Cuba’s exile community in Miami and ex-CIA agent Luís Posada Carriles of plotting to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro. “The plans to physically eliminate Maduro are under way,” said National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello on Venezuela state-run television. “Where is this coming from? Miami… from Cubans who went there many…
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CARIBBEAN-POPULATION-Conference to be held on population and development in the Caribbean
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host the first meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The August 12-15 conference will be opened in the presence of the Presidents of Uruguay and Ecuador, José Mujica and Rafael Correa, respectively, executive…
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