July 19, 2013
Integrity Commission investigates the Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing and Minister Don-Hue Gardiner
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July 19, 2013
Koreas Remain Divided on Reopening Stalled Joint Factory
South Korea says it failed to reach an agreement with North Korea at the latest round of talks aimed at reopening a joint factory complex. Seoul's Unification Ministry said no compromise was reached during the working-level talks held Wednesday…
July 19, 2013
Relations with US More Important than Snowden Dispute
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow's relations with the United States are more important than a dispute over fugitive U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. Putin's comments Wednesday come a day after Snowden applied for temporary asylum…
July 19, 2013
Mother charged for failing to report her daughter was raped
A 32-year-old woman appeared in court yesterday in San Juan Trinidad, charged with three offences arising out of her daughter’s rape. The woman, is charged with preventing her daughter from giving a statement to the police in relation to her rape…
July 19, 2013
Twenty agents fired for failing polygraph test in DR
President of the National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) in the Dominican Repblic Julio Souffront on Tuesday revealed that 20 agents were fired for failing a polygraph test, and ordered back to their military branches. He said a lie detector measures…
July 19, 2013
Opposition walks out of Parliament in Barbados
The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) walked out of Parliament last night, citing unfair treatment from Speaker of the House, Michael Carrington. Opposition Leader Mia Mottley packed up her bags at exactly 7:04 p.m., and her 12 colleagues…
July 17, 2013
Glee star died from alcohol and heroin
Cory Monteith, star of the hit TV musical comedy Glee, died from a heroin and alcohol overdose, a coroner in British Columbia has announced. The 31-year-old Canadian actor, who played Finn Hudson in the Fox TV hit, was found dead in a Vancouver…
July 17, 2013
Syria refugee crisis worst since Rwanda says UN
The conflict in Syria has caused the world's worst refugee crisis for 20 years, with an average of 6,000 people fleeing every day in 2013, the UN says. UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said refugee numbers had not risen "at such a frightening rate"…
July 17, 2013
UN says Syria refugee crisis worst since Rwanda
The conflict in Syria has caused the world's worst refugee crisis for 20 years, with an average of 6,000 people fleeing every day in 2013, the UN says. UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said refugee numbers had not risen "at such a frightening rate"…
July 17, 2013
US Lawsuits Contest Legality of Government Surveillance
An unusual coalition of U.S. political advocacy and religious groups has filed suit contesting the legality of the government's surveillance of Americans' telephone records.The coalition, represented by a digital rights advocacy group called the…