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  • Campbell-Brown leads Caribbean contingent in Diamond League

    Three-time Olympic gold medallist and four-time World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown will lead about three dozen Caribbean athletes in the Adidas Grand Prix here next week. The Grand Prix, the third meet of the glitzy, multi-million dollar Diamond League, will be held May 25 at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island here, reports CMC. It will feature dozens of international superstars, including ...

  • Sea Turtle Comeback Giant Leatherback Numbers Rebound In Parts Of Caribbean

    GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad - Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto ...

  • Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

    Flourishing turtle tourism is providing good livelihoods for people in formerly dead-end farming towns, with the Trinidad-based group Turtle Village Trust saying it brings in some $8.2 million annually. The inflow of visitors, both domestic and foreign, to Trinidad's northeast coast jumped from 6,500 in 2000 to over 60,000 in 2012. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say ...

  • New board to oversee Trinidads Caribbean Airlines

    PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -; Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 ...

  • Has Caribbean Diplomacy Lost Its Mojo

    - Whether by accident or coincidence, recent days have seen a variety of Caribbean leaders and journalists question whether the region is failing to pursue leadership roles within international organisations – and thus losing its voice in global issues like trade, climate change, and peace and ...


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Days of Thunder [Blu-Ray]

Days of Thunder [Blu-Ray]

Days of Thunder, which reunited star Tom Cruise, director Tony Scott, and producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, is such a naked attempt to recapture the lightning-in-a-bottle effect of their previous collaboration, 1986s smash hit Top Gun, that it is imposs ... ...

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  • Indian Brazilian Nationals Sentenced in US for Human Smuggling

    A federal court in Houston, Texas, has sentenced an Indian citizen and a Brazilian national to three years in prison for smuggling illegal migrants into the United States. Kaushik Thakkar and Fabano Amorim were also given two years of supervised release when their prison terms end. Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 each and conspired to smuggle them into the ...

  • Haiti trip an eye-opener for Pitt athletes

    Katie Lippert saw things she never had seen before on a goodwill trip to Haiti with other Pitt athletes last month. Poverty, malnourishment and deplorable living conditions were the norm for the villagers in Cap Haitien, the city along the northern coast where they volunteered their services for a week at a local orphanage. Lippert, a senior midfielder on the women's soccer team, saw ...

  • Discover Haiti Miami Donna Karan Showcases Haitian Artisans At Little Haiti Cultural Center

    Fashion designer Donna Karan walks through the art gallery during her visit to Little Haiti at the Discover Haiti Exhibition in Miami, Friday, May 17, 2013. Karan is among the designers and celebrities who have advocated for Haitian artisans since a catastrophic earthquake shook the Caribbean country in 2010. (AP Photo/Alan ...

  • UNWTO Caribbean international tourist arrivals to hit 30 million by 2030

    International tourist arrivals to the Caribbean region are projected to reach 30 million by the year 2030, according to the Tourism Towards 2030 forecast from the UN World Tourism Organization. The Caribbean received a total of 21 million tourist arrivals in 2012. That was announced this week at the 55th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Americas, which is being held in San Jose, Costa ...

  • Singer Wyclef Jean to run for Haitian Presidency

    Former Fugees Singer Wyclef Jean has decided to contest for the post of President of Haiti. Former Deputy Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques said Jean will run as part of his coalition in the November 28 election. Jean's spokesperson said the singer has planned to make an announcement on Thursday, but declined to say what it would be. "Jean-Jacques, who will be seeking to return to the ...

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