A novel about the experiences of black immigrants in post-war Britain tonight won the Orange Prize for Fiction.

On Feb. 29 the legally elected government of Haiti was driven from power by armed force. Its president, after being taken against his will to the Central African Republic, was given refuge in Jamaica.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) - Delegates from farmers to legislators are meeting in St. Vincent starting Tuesday to discuss ways of boosting the struggling Caribbean banana industry and selling more to Europe.

Leebert Ramcharan and Donovan Williams - the two alleged Montego Bay drug kingpins who were held by narcotics agents in March - were yesterday ordered extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

A female teacher is among six people in police custody who are expected to be charged for the kidnapping of three-year-old Saada Singh.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Tues. June 8: Less than a week after rights activists denounced the country?s laws that allow a 12 year old to consent to sex, Guyana?s Minister of Labor, Human Services and Social Security, Bibi Shaddick, said the government is actively pursuing measures to have the age of consent raised.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Armed men abducted a 71-year-old gas station owner in Trinidad yesterday, making him the oldest kidnapping victim in the Caribbean country's history, police said.

Trinidad and Tobago are situated just off the coast of South America and are the southern most islands in the Caribbean.

When one visits the two properties owned by former finance minister Brian Kuei Tung which have been seized by the courts here in Florida, what is immediately apparent is that they are located in two of the most beautiful parts of this state.

US citizen Raoul Gutierrez, against whom the State has laid fraud charges in connection with the estimated $1.6 billion Piarco Airport development project, has offered to surrender, a source confirmed yesterday.