Port-of-Spain (CMC):Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday described the late journalist Keith Smith as an exemplar of hard work, dedication and patriotism.Smith, who was the Editor-at-Large at the...
(AP): A young leader of Egypt's anti-government protesters, newly released from detention, joined a massive crowd in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the first time yesterday and was greeted with cheers, whistling ...
The Puerto Rico government is using a retail lottery scheme to try to force many small markets, food stalls and other micro businesses to collect sales tax.
CMC – Former president Jean Bertrand Aristide has received a new passport enabling him to end his exile in South Africa and return to the impoverished, French-speaking Caribbean country.
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP):The lawyer for Julian Assange argued yesterday that the embattled WikiLeaks founder will face a secret trial that violates international standards of fairness if sent to Sweden to face sexual...
Cairo, Egypt (AP):At least 297 people have been killed since Egypt's anti-government uprising began two weeks ago, United States-based Human Rights Watch told The Associated Press yesterday.The count is based on visits to seven...
WASHINGTON, United States (AP): The United States said yesterday it would recognise an independent Southern Sudan and review its designation of Sudan's government in Khartoum as a state sponsor of terrorism after that African nation accepted the south's vote...
Puerto Rico's police commissioner, Colonel Hilton Corder, is being investigated after his young daughter told school officials that he was molesting her.
NEW YORK (CMC):The first known cases of cholera in New York since the outbreak of the disease in Haiti last year have been confirmed by city officials.New York City health officials said a commercial laboratory notified them...
NEW YORK (AP): The owners of the Mets turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff's massive fraud, reaping $300 million in false profits and using a large chunk to run the team, according to a lawsuit unsealed...
CAIRO, Egypt (AP):Foreign journalists were beaten with sticks and fists by pro-government mobs yesterday, while dozens were detained by security forces.
Washington, United States (AP):Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has issued a sharp criticism of attacks on journalists, peaceful demonstrators, human-rights activists and diplomats in Egypt.Clinton said the...
