UNITED NATIONS The United Nations has rejected a claim for compensation filed on behalf of 5,000 Haitian victims of a cholera outbreak, saying the world body is protected by immunity. The claim, ...
Indolence is bliss High and mighty on the Caribbean island of Nevis
Somewhere around 2,500ft, the whole muddy process really begins to hurt. I halt again, crouch over, drop my hands to my knees, and try to inhale desperate lungfuls of the soupy tropical air. Looking ...
UN urges Haiti to ensure justice for human rights violations
New York, Feb 22 : A senior United Nations official Thursday urged Haiti to ensure there is no impunity for human rights violations committed during the presidency of Jean-Claude Duvalier, who is ...
The Bahamas Journal ? Jones Communications Network
Officials of the Bahamas Educators' Managerial Union (BEMU) said President of the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) Belinda Wilson is "on a mission to target" a number of public high ...
RFK Center Releases Documents Outlining US Actions to Block Life-saving Funds to Haiti
RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and 2002 RFK Award recipient, Loune Viaud of Zamni Lasante, release U.S. Department of Treasury documents revealing that the U.S. and the Inter-American ...
Russian PM visits Cuba to boost ties
Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev arrived in Cuba Thursday to boost the comprehensive relations between the two countries.Medvedev's agenda includes meeting with Cuban leader Raul Castro, ...
Russia leases planes to Cuba writes off Soviet debt
HAVANA (Reuters) - Russia will lease eight jets worth $650 million (426 million pounds) to its Cold War- era ally Cuba and will partially write off the country's multi-billion-dollar, ...
Cuba?s Debt to Russia to be Settled by Yearend - Ministry
HAVANA, February 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Cuba will sign an agreement on the settlement of Cuba?s debt worth $30 billion by the end of the year, with part of the debt to be written off ...
Cuba to Buy $650 Million Worth of Aircraft from Russia
HAVANA, February 22 (RIA Novosti) - Cuba will buy aircraft worth $650 million from Russia, the Russian industry and trade minister said Friday."Overall, aircraft deliveries will be worth $650 ...
Haiti?s ?Baby Doc? escorted to court after defying judge
Exiled former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier (C) leaves the civil court house with his wife Veronique Roy in Port-au-Prince January 18, 2011. Haitian police detained ...
Moscow and Havana initial agt on settlement of Cuba?s debt to Russia
HAVANA, February 22 (Itar-Tass) ? Moscow and Havana have initialed an agreement on the settlement of Cuba?s debt to Russia for Soviet ...
Aruba Networks Soars In Late Trading As Q2 Tops Ests
the company's fiscal second quarter ended January 31 . For the quarter, the enterprise WiFi equipment provider posted revenue of $155.4 million, up 23% from a year ago, and ahead of the Street ...
Medvedev in Cuba for trade energy talks
HAVANA (AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev kicked off a three-day visit to Cuba on Thursday during which he will meet President Raul Castro for trade and energy talks.As part of ...
Cuba reforms turn banks into pawnbrokers
HAVANA (AFP) - Cuba's state-run banks on Thursday were given permission to issue loans based on hard collateral, more than a half-century after pawnshops were banned on the communist-run ...
Yoani Sanchez may be a dissident in Cuba but she agrees U.S. embargo must go
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Yoani Sanchez may be the world?s best known Cuban dissident. Her blog and Twitter feed criticizing the Cuban government have won her followers and plaudits throughout the ...
Haitis Baby Doc summoned to court after no-show
FILE - In this March 29, 2011 file photo, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, center, leaves Canape Vert hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Duvalier has spurned a judge's order to ...
Russian PM arrives in Cuba on visit
On Friday, February 22, Medvedev will visit the 22nd International Book Fair that is held in Havana annually. This year?s Fair is devoted to the 160th anniversary of Cuban revolutionary Jose ...
UN No Compensation for Cholera We Caused in Haiti
The United Nations, blamed for causing the outbreak of cholera in Haiti which killed over 7000 and sickened over half a million, has rejected a November 2011 claim for compensation on behalf of ...
Aruba Networks bullish on revenue shares jump 15 percent
Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:19pm EST Feb 21 (Reuters) - Wireless network gear maker Aruba Networks Inc reported 23 percent higher revenue and forecast further gains in the current quarter, sending its shares ...
UN will not compensate Haiti cholera victims Ban ki-Moon tells president
cholera epidemic, the worst outbreak of the disease in modern times and widely believed to have been caused by UN peacekeepers importing the infection into the country.Citing a convention laid down ...
Orlando man charged with illegally shipping firearms to Haiti
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigation found he has shipped weapons to his native Haiti since at least October.Court records show a tipster told agents in late January ...
World Baseball Cuba Makes Change in Roster for 2013 Classic
Havana, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The leadership of the Cuban baseball team to represent the island at the 3rd World Baseball Classic today made official a change in the list of players, before the ...
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