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  • Caribbean T20 League builds momentum

    Caribbean Premier T20 League operations manager Carlisle Powell says the key stakeholders in the six franchise countries have thrown their support behind the inaugural tournament which bowls off in July. Powell and other CPL officials recently held meetings with cricket board executives, stadium management, tourism representatives and government ministers in Antigua amp; Barbuda, Barbados, ...

  • Tornadoes tear through central US

    Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...

  • Dominican Republic 22 Drug Traffickers Arrested

    Santo Domingo, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Republic National Police arrested 22 people in the last three days, linked to the drug traffic in the north-western province of Santiago, said press reports Monday. The sources some said the arrested are 18 years old, also firearms, money in cash, stolen vehicles and other items, were confiscated. The Dominican Republic has a favorable ...

  • Dominican Republic prosecutor says drug cartel plans to kill him

    Dominican Republic.- La Romana province prosecutor Jos Polanco Ramrez said Monday drug traffickers and killers-for-hire plan attempts on his life and those of his family, for which he was assigned more bodyguards. He said Justice minister Francisco Dominguez and Police chief Jose A. Polanco already provided increased protection for him and his family, from the threat by the so-called ...

  • Haiti Relief Jam II in the suburbs on June 2

    Relief jam concerts have proved to be powerful fundraising tools, most recently for Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina rebuilding efforts, among others. Now, a local relief concert comes back with its second edition, in a continuing attempt to help children in Haiti, and give them access to education, medical supplies and ...


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Hidalgo

Hidalgo

Hidalgo has much in common with Edward Zwicks The Last Samurai, as both are set near the end of the 19th century and are about Americans who, resentful of their governments treatment of Native Americans, find personal redemption in the East. While Tom Cruises Nathan ... ...

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  • See giant leatherback turtles rebound in the Caribbean

    In this May 2, 2013 photo, a tourist takes photographs of a leatherback turtle as it heads to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say Trinidad is now likely the world s leading tourist destination for people to see leatherbacks. (AP Photo/David ...

  • Earthquake Shakes Eastern Caribbean Islands

    Port of Spain, May 20 (Prensa Latina) An earthquake of 5.3 degrees on the Richter scale shook several Eastern Caribbean islands without causing damage or casualties, the Seismic Department of the University of the West Indies reported today. The institution stressed that the quake?s epicenter was located southwest of Barbuda, part of the Antigua and Barbuda federation. At the end of last month, ...

  • Ben Fountains top 10 books about Haiti

    A woman participates in the Voodoo festival in Souvenance village, Haiti in 2012. The event attracts thousands of pilgrims each Easter. Photograph: Andres Martinez Casares/Xinhua ...

  • Fla. woman charged with Haitian visa fraud

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haitians and told the federal government there were jobs waiting for them in the U.S.Prosecutors say 59-year-old Jetta McPhee of Tamarac prepared a fake contract claiming a U.S. company needed construction workers under the H-2B guest worker visa program. The workers ...

  • Haitis Prime Minister Initiates Brazil visit to promote investment opportunities

    PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe arrived in Brasilia today at the beginning of a week-long trip whose main goal is to deepen ties with the government of Brazil and to encourage private sector investment in Haiti. Lamothe's trip is also part of a broader Haitian government effort to aggressively insert Haiti into hemispheric ...

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