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UNITED STATES-MIGRATION-US arrest suspected Bahamian human smugglers
FLORIDA, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBPA) says it has arrested two Bahamian men suspected of smuggling seven migrants, including Haitians, into the country. The agency said that the migrants came into the country on a vessel from the Bahamas and that border patrol agents had been alerted to the matter on Saturday. CBPA said…
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Crimea votes to join Russia, Obama orders sanctions
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/ BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Crimea’s parliament voted yesterday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that drew a sharp riposte from U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama ordered sanctions on those responsible for Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine, including bans on travel to…
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New York cops arrest wanted former GRA cashier–Was on Interpol radar since 2009
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – NEW YORK Police officers Justin Haag and Shawn McAdams of the Cheektowaga district pulled over a four-door, gold-coloured Infiniti sedan on Genesee Street near Heritage Court, last Monday evening about 6.30 p.m., to determine whether the licence had expired and whether the tinted windows were illegal.It turned out that the driver, 32-year-old Gregory Alistair Ewan Barnes,…
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Prime Minister calls for implementation of growth and transformation agenda
WASHINGTON, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has called for the implementation of a growth and transformation agenda coupled with his administration’s efforts to strengthen the Grenadian economy. Addressing a protocolary meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Mitchell alluded to the transformation of the OAS and the importance of considering new communication…
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Libyan Prime Minister Snatched
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan was snatched by gunmen before dawn today from a Tripoli hotel where he resides, the government said. The abduction appeared to be in retaliation for the United States’ special forces raid over the weekend that seized a Libyan al-Qaida suspect from the streets of the capital. Zidan’s abduction reflected the weakness…
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Caribbean currencies absorbing shocks from global environment-World Bank
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank says that for the first time currencies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are absorbing some of the shocks derived from a “less friendly” global environment. According to the latest report by the World Bank’s Chief Economist in the office for Latin America and the Caribbean, depreciated currencies not only lower the cost…
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IMF warns that polictical showdown in the US could damage global economy
WASHINGTON, USA -The International Monetary Fund warned Washington that the political showdown over the budget could damage the global economy, as it cut its US growth forecast. The Fund, in its new World Economic Outlook, projected the US economy would grow 1.6 per cent this year and accelerate to 2.6 per cent in 2014, down respectively 0.1 and 0.2 percentage…
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US Supreme Court hears arguments in Stanford class action suits
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the federal securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford’s US $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Stanford is currently serving a 110-year sentence in a US federal prison for masterminding the…
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Regional countries urged to abolish death penalty
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter- American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday urged Caribbean countries that still have the death penalty to abolish it or at least to impose a moratorium on its application. In a message marking International Day against the Death Penalty on Thursday, the IACHR said regional instruments for protection of human rights do not prohibit per…
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US Supreme Court hears arguments in Stanford class action suits
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the fede ral securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford’s US$7 billion Ponzi scheme. Stanford is currently serving a 110-year sentence in a US federal prison for masterminding the…
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