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New study calls for more funds to help Caribbean achieve climate stabilization
WASHINGTON, CMC – A new study is suggesting that nearly US$100 million would be required annually to implement key mitigation strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean. The study, which has been released here on Monday, estimates net additional costs of reducing emissions related to land use, energy and transport – the three main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in…
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FBI’s handling of Boston suspect comes under scrutiny
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers asked yesterday why the FBI had failed to spot the danger from one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, and they complained it was one of a series of cases in which someone the agency had investigated had later taken part in attacks. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul wrote to the…
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Boston Marathon bomber manhunt: One suspect dead, second on the run
run BOSTON—A late-night police chase and shootout has left one marathon bombing suspect dead and another on the run, police here said, as residents of the still-grieving city were ordered by officials to “shelter in place” while the manhunt continues. One police officer was killed and another was seriously wounded during the violent spree. The Associated Press identified the surviving…
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Before Texas plant exploded: What did regulators know?
HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Despite being located within a short walk of a nursing home, school and residential buildings, West Fertilizer Co in central Texas had no blast walls and had filed no contingency plan to the Environmental Protection Agency for a major explosion or fire at the site. It remains unclear what safety measures, if any, were required of…
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Guyanese doctor makes TIME Magazine list
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY: Guyana-born HIV Expert, Dr. Deborah Persaud, has made the Time Magazine list of 2013 World List of ‘Top 100’ Influential People. Persaud, a top researcher at Johns Hopkins Pediatric, was propelled into the spotlight in early March when she and colleagues Hanna Gay, M.D., of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.,…
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US senate passes sweeping plan for illegal Caribbean immigrants
WASHINGTON, CMC – A bipartisan group of United States senators on Tuesday passed a sweeping immigration bill that seeks to legalize the status of an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, including Caribbean nationals, residing in the US. The bill is also aimed at re-orienting future immigration by bringing Caribbean and other nationals to the United States based increasingly on the…
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New report says many Caribbean nationals detained in US not criminals
MIAMI, CMC – A new report says that the majority of Caribbean and other nationals detained for deportation in Miami-Dade County through a controversial US federal immigration enforcement programme are not dangerous criminals. The conclusions of the 57-page report, “False Promises: The Failure of Secure Communities in Miami-Dade County,” released here on Monday are at odds with the stated objectives…
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Boston Seeks Answers in Deadly Blasts
BOSTON — The day after two powerful bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a mile-square area of downtown Boston remained cordoned off as a crime scene, and officials still had no one in custody. However, investigators searched a house in a nearby suburb late Monday night. Hundreds of runners who had expected to leave Boston on…
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Raid at Guantánamo detention center
WASHINGTON, CMC – United States military officials on Saturday announced that US forces raided the detention center in Guantánamo, Cuba, systematically emptying communal cellblocks in an effort to end a three-month-old hunger strike that detainees claimed was sparked by mistreatment of the Quran. “Some detainees resisted with improvised weapons and, in response, four less-than-lethal rounds were fired,” according to a…
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In Seoul, Kerry Warns North Korea Against Missile Test
SEOUL, South Korea — Secretary of State John Kerry warned North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, on Friday not to proceed with a test launch of its Musudan missile and underscored that his nation would be defeated if a conflict broke out. The missile has a range of up to 2,500 miles, according to American officials, which means it has the…
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