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PM makes case for reparations and SIDS at UN Assembly
NEW YORK- A request to have nations that engaged in the Trans-Atlantic Slave begin paying reparations was again issued by Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer during his address to the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Speaking on Wednesday Spencer made the case for Caribbean and other former disadvantaged colonies. “We have recently seen a number…
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Fighting Said to Continue in Kenyan Mall
NAIROBI, Kenya — The bloody standoff at a Kenyan shopping mall entered its fourth, confused day on Tuesday as government forces said they were picking off the militants who stormed the upscale shopping center, while a group claiming to be connected to the attackers said militants inside the mall were still resisting the government assault. The Somalia-based Shabab militant group,…
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Furor over controversy surrounding Venezuelan President’s right to travel over US airspace
MIAMI, CMC – Bolivian President Evo Morales has called for an emergency meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in the wake of a furor over the United States’ denial then reversal of permission for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to travel over US airspace in the Caribbean. Calixto Ortega, the highest-ranking Venezuelan diplomat in the United States,…
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Mighty Sparrow doing well – says daughter
NEW YORK, CMC – The family of Slinger Francisco, widely regarded as the “Calypso King of the World”, says the “Mighty Sparrow” is responding very well to treatment. Sparrow who was admitted to a New York hospital two weeks ago is no longer in a coma. “He should be up and about soon but not too soon,” said his daughter…
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UNITED STATES-CRIME -Legislator condemns murder of toddler of Trinidadian parentage
NEW YORK, CMC – A Grenadian American legislator has added his voice to those condemning an incident that resulted in the death of a 16-month-old toddler of Trinidadian parentage on Sunday night. “Like most New Yorkers, I am horrified to hear of the murder of Antiq Hennis,” New York City Councilman Jumaane D. Williams, co-chair of the New York City…
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CARIBBEAN-DEVELOPMENT -Most Caribbean nationals with the exception of young men living longer WASHIN
WASHINGTON, CMC – A new World Bank report states that with the exception of young men, most people in the Caribbean and Latin America are living much longer than they did 40 years ago. The report, “The Global Burden of Disease: Generating Evidence, Guiding Policy,” released here on Wednesday by the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and…
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US$10,000 seed capital for Caribbean mobile app developers
developers PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Mobile app developers from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica can win US$10,000 in seed capital through an initiative of the World Bank's infoDev programme. Mobile app entrepreneurs from the two countries are invited to join their counterparts from Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe to participate in the new initiative to take their apps…
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As Obama pushes to punish Syria, lawmakers fear deep US involvement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s efforts to persuade the US Congress to back his plan to attack Syria met with skepticism yesterday from lawmakers in his own Democratic Party who expressed concern the United States would be dragged into a new Middle East conflict. “There is a lot of skepticism,” said Representative Jim Moran after taking part in a…
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Scornful Syria hails “historic American retreat” as Obama hesitates
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Syria hailed a “historic American retreat” yesterday, mockingly accusing President Barack Obama of hesitation and confusion after he delayed a military response to last month’s chemical weapons attack near Damascus until after a congressional vote. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said tests had shown sarin nerve gas was fired on rebel-held areas on Aug. 21, and…
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UNITED STATES-MIGRATION – US Coast Guard continues to repatriate Cuban migrants
MIAMI, CMC – Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island have repatriated 23 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, in the latest repatriation efforts. In a release on Friday, the US Coast Guard said the repatriation was a result of three migrant interdiction cases. It said Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Florida, said two weeks ago,…
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