Month: March 2011

March 6, 2011

Center-Right Coalition Takes Lead in Estonia General Election

Early results from Estonia's general election show the country's two-party center-right coalition taking an early lead, receiving 58 percent of votes counted. The Electoral Commission results, from early and online voting, show the Reform Party…

March 6, 2011

Fighting Erupts on Ivory Coast Western Border

Heavy fighting is reported in western Ivory Coast between supporters of the country's two rival presidents. Reports from the area Sunday said forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo are clashing with former rebels who back rival leader…

March 6, 2011

Egypt Gets New Foreign and Interior Ministers, Removes Mubarak Holdovers

Egypt has appointed a new foreign minister and interior minister following demands by reformers for a purge of Cabinet officials named by ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt's state news agency says Nabil Elaraby, a former judge at the…

March 6, 2011

Extradition request flawed, insists Jamaican minister

Jamaican’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne,…

March 6, 2011

Caribbean leaders welcome move to settle border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela

Caribbean leaders have endorsed and welcomed the appointment of University of the West Indies (UWI) professor, Dr Norman Girvan, as personal representative of the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel…

March 6, 2011

Guyana opposition presidential candidate agrees to coalition

Retired Brigadier David Granger, who was last weekend elected as the presidential candidate for Guyana’s main opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNCR), said he remains committed to his party's position to an opposition coalition to…

March 6, 2011

Cuba puts American on trial

The trial of an American telecommunications contractor started in Cuba on Friday. The contractor, Alan Gross, faces a possible 20-year sentence for what the Cuban government calls an "act against the integrity and independence" of the country.…

March 6, 2011

Jamaica’s 44 magistrates on strike for better remuneration and working conditions

Jamaica's 44 resident magistrates stayed off of the job on Thursday in a rare protest against working conditions, including security, and remuneration. The strike kept clerks of court across the island busy rescheduling cases and extending bail…

March 3, 2011

Oil prices in Asia stick near their recent high levels

Oil prices are hovering near recent highs after an air strike in Libya and fresh clashes…

March 3, 2011

Japanese and Korean firms look to Brazil for rare earth

A consortium of Japanese and South Korean firms are to take a share of a Brazilian rare earth miner. The group includes Japan's Nippon Steel and South Korea's Posco and National Pension Service (NPS). They will pay $1.95bn (£1.19bn) for a 15% stake…