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U.N. calls on Haiti to set long-delayed election
MIAMI — As a Haiti investigative judge demanded that two parliamentarians be held accountable in the recent assassination of a police officer, the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday called on the country's political leaders to redouble efforts to break a 16-month political impasse preventing the staging of long-overdue elections. “If elections are not held in 2013, it will become ever…
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Former premier charged
GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Former premier William McKeeva Bush has been formally charged with two counts of misconduct after he was arrested late last year. Bush, 57, who will appear in court next month, is also facing four counts of Breach of Trust by a member of the Legislative Assembly, contrary to Section13 of the Anti-Corruption Law 2008, and…
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EDITORIAL – Echoes from the wrong war
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Yesterday's deadly bomb blasts in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities were bloody reminders of the country's continued instability and the fact that it could still collapse into a Balkanised entity, or even a completely failed state. But perhaps the greater lesson from today's Iraq is of the dangers that lurk when citizens are cowed or cajoled into…
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Obama, Arriving in Israel, Offers Reassurance
TEL AVIV – President Obama landed here on Wednesday to begin a highly symbolic two-day visit to Israel, the first of his presidency, offering reassurances to a wary Israeli public of the support of its American ally as Israel faces threats from Iran and uncertainty in its roiling neighborhood. Stepping into a sparkling noonday sun at Ben-Gurion International Airport here,…
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Douglas Orane: Time for dramatic change to structure, governance of WI cricket
KINGSTON, Jamaica – “It is incumbent in all of us to make our voices heard, armed with the facts, that the time has come for a dramatic change to the structure and governance of the West Indies Cricket Board as called for by the Patterson Report.” Those were the words of Douglas Orane, as he threw out a challenge to…
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‘I’m not under house arrest’
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – Daryan Warner, the eldest son of National Security Minister Jack Warner, has dismissed speculation that he is under house arrest in the United States. However, he has steadfastly refused to comment on if he is the subject of any investigation by federal authorities there. Warner, 47, spoke to the Express in an exclusive interview (that…
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Don’t ignore the creative industries
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It is estimated that there are as many Jamaicans living abroad as there are in Jamaica. This is because many people who are of Jamaican descent, but who have not themselves been to Jamaica, claim Jamaican identity. This is undoubtedly a definite sign of the strength of the values, patterns of thought, and behaviour that are distinctly…
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Former government minister dies
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former government minister and diplomat John Donaldson jr died Tuesday at a private hospital after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 71 years old. Donaldson served as Minister of National Security from 1976 to 1985 and also as Minister of Foreign Affairs in People’s Movement (PNM) administrations.
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National Security Minister stands ground on illegal flying squad unit
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner Tuesday maintained that he had no knowledge of an illegal flying squad operating in Trinidad and Tobago and like the rest of the population he was “anxiously awaiting” the outcome of an investigation ordered by Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar into the matter. Warner, who has consistently denied…
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