Patrick Lipton Robinson, a Jamaican judge serving at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, was today elected President of that Tribunal.
As of March next year, Jamaican students wishing to study at United Kingdom based universities will have to be sponsored by a U.K. Border Agency-licensed education institution.
The United Nations is expressing concern about the plight of tens of thousands of people fleeing a rebel advance on Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The government of Suriname said its not worried by the decision of one of the world\'s largest bauxite companies, BHP Billiton, to shut down its local operations in the country within the next two years.