This country's US-backed advisory council picked a former foreign minister as the new prime minister yesterday, a step toward forming a transitional government in this troubled nation...
News Source: Boston Globe
Category: News
The news items published under this category are as follows.News: Haiti names new prime minister
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 12:37 PM
News: Report: African Union Blasts Haiti Ouster
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 06:48 AM
The African Union has condemned the ouster of exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, saying he was removed from power unconstitutionally, a newspaper reported Tuesday...
News Source: newsday.com
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News: More alleged police killings and witness intimidation
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 06:07 PM
Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of the witness "Zepheniah" and the community of Burnt Savannah following the alleged extrajudicial execution of three men by members of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) on 2 March 2004...
News Source: Amnesty International UK
[ Read full article: 'More alleged police killings and witness intimidation' ]
News: Robbed lotto winner agreed to use of name, photo
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 12:08 PM
The Guyana Lottery Company has strongly denied claims by a recent lotto winner who was robbed that she had asked for her name and photograph to be withheld from advertisements...
News Source: Stabroek News
[ Read full article: 'Robbed lotto winner agreed to use of name, photo' ]
News: Man detained for senior cop's killing
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 12:02 PM
The police have detained a suspect in the February 20 murder of Senior Superintendent Lloyd McDonald in what was being interpreted as a substantial breakthrough in the gunslaying of the most senior Jamaican police officer in recent memory...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
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News: First witness takes stand in airport case
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 11:56 AM
The criminal case against two former politicians and several other prominent business people charged with defrauding the Airport Authority of $19 million during the Piarco Airport Terminal Project got underway yesterday with the first witness taking the stand...
News Source: Trinidad Express
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News: Barbados mourns patriot
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 11:47 AM
Intermittient early morning showers gave way to a steamy mid-afternoon yesterday as thousands of Barbadians and visitors bade a sad farewell to this country's third Prime Minister Sir Harold St John...
News Source: Trinidad Express
News: Jamaat man wanted in US seeks bail
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 11:42 AM
A top Jamaat-al-Muslimeen member, wanted by the United States on gun charges, appeared in court yesterday to face an extradition hearing...
News Source: Trinidad Express
News: Muslim watch
Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 11:37 AM
Three Muslim fundamentalist groups in this country are kept under constant surveillance, the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force yesterday informed high-ranking military officials from over a dozen countries...
News Source: Trinidad Express
News: Murder season 'rips out our hearts'
Monday, March 08, 2004 - 06:26 PM
Another dazed black mother, emotionally eviscerated, her eyes clouded with incomprehension, probably medicated to numb the pain. But the pain will be there still, the lifelong void, when the narcotic wears off...
News Source: Toronto Star
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