May 24, 2012
On the Road film is unveiled at Cannes
A long-awaited film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's 1951 novel On the Road has been screened for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival. Cast members Kristen Stewart and Britain's Sam Riley were among those who launched the film on the……
May 24, 2012
Joey Barton: QPR captain banned for 12 matches by FA
Queens Park Rangers captain Joey Barton has been banned for 12 matches after being found guilty of two counts of violent conduct. Barton, 29, was sent off in QPR's defeat at Manchester City on the final day of the season and had accepted a…
May 24, 2012
Haslem banned for Game 6
The NBA has come down hard on Miami Heat players Udonis Haslem and Dexter Pittman, suspending them for retaliatory flagrant fouls during Game 5 of their playoff series with the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. Haslem was suspended by NBA executive…
May 24, 2012
76ers edge Celtics, force Game 7
The buzz at the start was for Allen Iverson's ceremonial return. By the end, more than 20,000 fans were on their feet and going wild for Jrue Holiday, Elton Brand, Andre Iguodala and the rugged-and-determined play that kept the eighth-seeded…
May 24, 2012
Ramdin urges greater intensity for second Test
Denesh Ramdin said the confidence in the West Indies team remained high and they will be aiming to keep the series alive, when the second Test against England opens on Friday at Trent Bridge. The Windies wicketkeeper/batsman said the visitors…
May 24, 2012
First National Congress against Homophobia in Haiti
The LGBT community in Haiti gathered more than three hundred men and women of sexual orientation stigmatized by Haitian society to tell the country to cease discriminatory practices against them. A man, slightly disguised, who spreads his fingers…
May 24, 2012
Chinese Caribbean workers accused of illegal fishing
Chinese immigrant workers believed to be attached to the VC Bird International Airport expansion project were reportedly caught fishing buckets of juvenile conch from the grassy areas along Shell Beach. Marine conservationist Eli Fuller said…
May 24, 2012
Grenada PM can be re-elected, says chief of staff
A top advisor to Prime Minister Tillman Thomas is confident that the Grenadian leader could be re-elected on the strength of the same issues that propelled his National Democratic Congress (NDC) to victory in 2008.William Joseph, chief of staff…
May 24, 2012
Cuba says prison population at more than 57,000
More than 57,000 people are in jail in Cuba, according to a rare report about the prison population published by the Communist Party newspaper, Granma. Granma said efforts had been made to improve conditions for the 57,337 inmates, and that…
May 24, 2012
Dominican Republic vote: Hipolito Mejia decries result
Opposition candidate Hipolito Mejia has attacked the results of the Dominican Republic's presidential election, vowing to work for electoral reform. But Mr Mejia, a former president, appeared to concede, saying he assumed his role as leader of the…