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March 27, 2011

Former Soviet Warplane Crashes at Florida Air Show, Killing Pilot

U.S. federal investigators are looking into what caused a former Soviet warplane to suddenly drop out of the sky and crash at a Florida air show Saturday. Officials say the pilot was killed instantly when the Yak-52 plane fell out of a formation…

March 25, 2011

Trinidad government pays out $33 million to CLICO policyholders

Two years after the CLICO insurance company collapse and rescue by the Trinidad and Tobago…

March 25, 2011

Guatemala first lady Sandra Torres confirms divorce

Guatemala's First Lady, Sandra Torres de Colom, has confirmed that she is divorcing president Alvaro Colom so she can stand for election to succeed him. Ms Torres fought back tears as she told Guatemalans she was leaving a loving marriage for the…

March 25, 2011

BVI up, Bahamas down

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has reversed recent trends by becoming the only offshore financial centre to have its rating boosted in the latest Global Financial Centres Index. The improvement comes against a backdrop of decline among all…

March 25, 2011

Cuban doctors & nurses to stay put

PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Government will not be terminating the contracts of Cuban doctors and nurses who were recruited under the previous PNM administration to fill vacancies in the health sector until those positions could…

March 25, 2011

TNT had 450 dengue cases in 2010

THERE was a total of 450 cases of dengue fever reported in this country last year. This finding is contained in the first report of the Government Ministries joint select committee (JSC) which was laid in the Senate on Tuesday. The report also…

March 25, 2011

TNK-BP blocks BP Russian Arctic venture with Rosneft

Russian shareholders of TNK-BP have blocked BP's Arctic exploration deal with…

March 25, 2011

Portugal Moves Closer to Emergency Bailout

Portugal's financial collapse now appears more likely following…

March 25, 2011

EU Leaders Discuss Spreading Debt Crisis

European leaders are holding talks Thursday and Friday on ways to halt the spread of the eurozone debt crisis that has led to the resignation of Portugal's prime minister.  Even before European Union leaders gathered in Brussels, two events…

March 25, 2011

US Stocks Rise

U.S. stock market indexes advanced sharply in Thursday's trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained seven-tenths of a percent to end at 12,171. The S&P 500 moved up nine-tenths of a percent to close at 1,310, and the NASDAQ advanced 1.4…