Month: December 2011

December 13, 2011

Occupy protests disrupt ports across US West Coast

Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters have blocked gates and delayed lorries at three ports on the US West Coast. The partial shutdown of harbours in California, Oregon and Washington states resulted in a handful of arrests, but no major…

December 13, 2011

New Zealand in thrilling Test victory over Australia

New Zealand recorded their first Test victory in Australia for 26 years with a thrilling…

December 13, 2011

Paul trade talks back on with Clippers

The Chris Paul trade show continued anew on Monday night, when a source confirmed an ESPN.com report that the Hornets and Clippers re-engaged in discussions to send the four-time All-Star point guard to L.A. It was the latest revelation in a wild…

December 13, 2011

Magic CEO meets with Howard

The relationship between Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic appears to be improving - at least a bit. Magic chief executive officer Alex Martins said he sat down with the All-Star center Monday morning, a day after Howard said he hadn't spoken to…

December 13, 2011

Aussies different to Windies warns Gambhir

While expressing happiness over India’s 4-1 series win against the West Indies here on Sunday, stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir cautioned that the forthcoming tour of Australia would be a “different ball game” that will put to test both the…

December 13, 2011

Pollard’s 119 Falls Short

Kieron Pollard lashed a sensational maiden one-day international century but West Indies crashed to a 34-run defeat to India in the fifth and final game here yesterday. The big-hitting Trinidadian, who had gone 46 innings without a triple figure…

December 13, 2011

Bahamas PM explains housing minister’s firing

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December 13, 2011

IMF says St Kitts-Nevis meets quantitative performance targets

The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported that all quantitative performance targets appear to have been met by St Kitts and Nevis despite continued weakness in real output growth in its assessment of the stand-by…

December 13, 2011

Health Minister wants to lift media ban in TNT

Reports of bad attitudes and problems at health facilities have prompted Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan to reconsider lifting the ban on media having access to health institutions. He wants the media to expose deficiencies in the health system…

December 13, 2011

Former Antigua PM says “no” to scrapping LIAT

Former Prime Minister Lester Bird has rejected the suggestion by the Vincentian leader for LIAT to be scrapped and replaced with a new airline. Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and head of LIAT shareholder…