Month: June 2011

June 15, 2011

Syria Widens Crackdown in North and East

Syrian security forces have expanded their deployment to strategic regions in the north and east of the country in an attempt to crush the popular uprising against authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad. Activists and residents said Tuesday that…

June 15, 2011

US President Calls on Sudan To Stop ‘Campaign of Intimidation’

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on Sudan's government to stop its “campaign of intimidation” in the country's southern border area or face international isolation. In an audio statement, Mr. Obama said Sudan's government must immediately…

June 15, 2011

UN Rejects Allegations of Interference With Cambodian Court

The United Nations has rejected media reports that it instructed judges at Cambodia's war crimes court to dismiss one of its cases linked to Khmer Rouge atrocities of three decades ago. A spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general said Tuesday the…

June 13, 2011

Rare Bird Found In TCI

A bird spotted at Mangrove Cay located within the…

June 13, 2011

Suriname finance minister resigns

Citing “personal circumstances”, Suriname’s minister of finance, Wonnie Boedhoe,…

June 13, 2011

Buju asks for shorter jail sentence

The Grammy winner was convicted in February of…

June 13, 2011

CARICOM, FAO to tackle high food prices at regional consultation

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations will next week tackle the recent upsurge in food prices that has reached unprecedented levels in the region. Against the backdrop of the FAO…

June 13, 2011

Mavericks top Heat 105-95 for NBA title

For Dirk Nowitzki, the resume is complete. He's an NBA…

June 13, 2011

Lester throws two-hit ball, Ortiz homer for Boston

David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox are steamrolling that 0-6 start into irrelevance. Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis each homered and drove in four runs and the Red Sox teed off on the Toronto Blue Jays for the second straight day Sunday, 14-1 for…

June 13, 2011

Tyson, Stallone, Chavez inducted into Int’l Boxing Hall of Fame

The once-proclaimed "baddest man on the planet" fumbled for words that wouldn't come. Sylvester Stallone knew exactly what Mike Tyson was feeling. Both were inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday, Tyson for his reign as…