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May 17, 2011

St Kitts-Nevis seeing signs of economic recovery, says PM

St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas says there are signs of economic recovery…

May 17, 2011

Investigation to be launched in Trinidad into $27m Caribbean Airlines contract

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said an investigation will be launched into allegations that a $27 million Caribbean Airlines (CAL) contract was awarded to an insurance firm, to which CAL chairman George Nicholas has…

May 17, 2011

Former foreign minister of Chile chosen as next UN envoy for Haiti

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appointed Mariano Fernández, a former foreign minister from Chile, as his next Special Representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean nation. Fernández…

May 17, 2011

War Crimes Prosecutors Seek Gadhafi’s Arrest

In asking for the arrest warrants, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the evidence is clear:…

May 17, 2011

US Renews Burma Sanctions Citing Continued Repression

U.S. President Barack Obama has renewed American economic sanctions on Burma for another year, saying the large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in that country has not been resolved. The move came late Monday as the State Department…

May 17, 2011

Rights Group Demands Vietnamese Probe of Hmong Protest

A leading human rights group is calling on Vietnam to conduct a thorough and public investigation into recent disturbances involving ethnic Hmong in northwestern Dien Bien province. In a statement issued in New York Tuesday, Human Rights Watch…

May 17, 2011

US Senior Diplomat to Visit 4 Southeast Asian Countries

The U.S. State Department has announced that its top official for East Asian and Pacific Affairs will travel to four Southeast Asian countries this week. The statement issued Monday says Kurt Campbell will depart Tuesday for a visit to Singapore,…

May 17, 2011

Who will guard Durrant?

We don’t have the Lakers, Spurs or the upstart Grizzlies in the Western Conference…

May 17, 2011

Game 1 of Bulls-Heat draws record viewership on cable TV

The Eastern Conference finals opening game between the Bulls and Heat was the most-viewed NBA game in history on cable television, TNT announced Monday. The network's coverage of the Bulls' 103-92 romp drew 11.1 million total viewers and a 6.2…

May 17, 2011

Appeals court backs NFL, lockout remains in place

The NFL's lockout remains in place, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. That means the league likely won't get back to business until at least next month - and maybe much longer than that. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the lockout…