February 28, 2014
Cuban 5 Spy Released from US Prison
A second member of the so-called "Cuban Five" spy ring was released from a United States prison after being jailed for more than 15 years. Officials say 50-year-old Fernando Gonzalez completed his sentence Thursday at a prison in Safford, Arizona.…
February 28, 2014
Holiday May Take Heat Out of Venezuela Crisis
Venezuelans began a week-long national holiday on Thursday as some protests still simmer, but President Nicolas Maduro's government is hoping the break will take the heat out of the nation's worst unrest in a decade. The 51-year-old successor to…
February 28, 2014
Top Castro Aide Turned Dissident Huber Matos Dies at 95
Huber Matos, a top Cuban revolutionary who was sent to prison for 20 years for turning against Fidel Castro, died Thursday in Miami. His family says Matos suffered a heart attack. He was 95. Matos was a teacher and farmer when he joined the…
February 28, 2014
Mexican President ‘Indignant’ at US Deportations
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said he is “indignant” at the United States' deportation of Mexican migrants and described U.S. lawmakers as demonstrating a “lack of conscience” in failing to pass immigration reform. In a television interview…
February 28, 2014
No endemic transmission of measles in the Caribbean since 2002 – PAHO
The Pan-American Health Organization ((PAHO) says there has been no endemic transmission of measles in the Americas, including the Caribbean, since 2002. PAHO said since Venezuela reported the last case in 2001, measles deaths have “disappeared from…
February 28, 2014
Ukraine’s Parliament Approves Yatsenyuk as New PM
Ukraine's new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, is accusing the government of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych of stealing billions from the state treasury. Parliament approved Mr. Yatsenyuk, a popular opposition leader, as the head of the new…
February 28, 2014
Nigerian Witnesses Link Militants to At Least 33 More Killings in Northeast
Witnesses and local authorities in northeastern Nigeria say suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 33 people and firebombed a theological college in Adamawa state. The military, which regularly understates witness death tolls, said six…
February 28, 2014
British Spy Agency Snooped on Yahoo Webcam Chats
A published report say Britain's communications spy agency intercepted and stored screenshots from hundreds of thousands of webcams, and says the multi-year operation yielded a huge trove of intimate photographs of unsuspecting users. The Guardian…
February 28, 2014
World Bank Holds Up Uganda Loan Over Anti-Gay Law
The World Bank on Thursday said it postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda's health system over a law that toughened punishment for gays, an unusual move for an institution that usually avoids wading into politics. “We have postponed the project for…
February 28, 2014
CABINET MEETING HELD IN THE CAPITAL THIS WEEK
His Excellency the Governor, Peter Beckingham, chaired the meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday, 26 February 2014, at the House of Assembly Building on Grand Turk. All Ministers were present. At this meeting Cabinet: · Approved the…