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May 12, 2011

Bahamas visitor satisfaction up

Visitors to The Bahamas who are very likely to recommend the destination to others are reporting greater visitor satisfaction in 2010 compared to five years earlier. The information, released by the Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday, was based on…

May 12, 2011

East finals bound: Miami ousts Boston, 97-87

And he and the Miami Heat are halfway to an NBA championship, having finally found a…

May 12, 2011

Novak Djokovic wins in Rome to maintain unbeaten run

Novak Djokovic stayed on course to become world number one with a 6-0 6-3 victory over Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot at the Rome Masters. The Serb, who beat Rafael Nadal to win in Madrid last Sunday, was largely untroubled by Kubot as he picked…

May 12, 2011

Activists: Syrian Tanks, Troops Kill 19 People in South, West

Syrian rights activists say government forces have fired on residential areas in the south…

May 12, 2011

Spain: Earthquake rocks Lorca, Murcia, killing 10

At least 10 people were killed after a magnitude-5.2 earthquake toppled several buildings in southern Spain near the town of Lorca, officials say. The quake struck at a depth of just 1km (0.6 miles), some 120km south-west of Alicante, at 1847…

May 12, 2011

Libya unrest: State TV shows Col Gaddafi footage

Libya's state TV has shown footage of Col Muammar Gaddafi meeting tribal leaders in Tripoli -…

May 12, 2011

India’s Supreme Court Rejects Harsher Bhopal Charges

India's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a government appeal to reinstate harsher charges against seven men convicted of negligence in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak that killed thousands of people. The government had petitioned to try the men on…

May 12, 2011

Southern US Cities Brace for Historic Flooding

Floodwaters along the Mississippi River moved south Wednesday, as some areas in the southern U.S. braced for record flooding in the coming days. Thousands of residents in several states have evacuated their homes along the river and its…

May 11, 2011

Tarrus to release new album

Popular reggae artiste Tarrus Riley, who is gearing up to release a new album later this year, has a new single called 'Love Scars' which is to be serviced to radio later this month. The song was produced by Roshaun 'Bay C' Clarke from Bombrush…

May 11, 2011

Bolt set for standout season

Even if he is a few weeks late, Usain Bolt has the same old message: Catch me if you can.…