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Dominican Republic in league with baseball, beaches

October 5, 2008

L.A. Times - Travel

The Caribbean nation loves the grand old game, but its history, water sports and spirit of fun are more than between-inning attractions.

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Federal Judge Orders Release of Chinese Muslims

October 7, 2008

New York Times

Seventeen Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay must be freed and allowed into the United States, the judge ruled.

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Standard Warfare May Be Eclipsed By Nation-Building

October 5, 2008

Washington Post / Ann Scott Tyson

The Army on Monday will unveil an unprecedented doctrine that declares nation-building missions will probably become more important than conventional warfare and defines "fragile states" that breed ...

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Memories of Playing on Papa Hemingway’s Ball Field

October 7, 2008

New York Times

Those who played as children on the baseball field that Ernest Hemingway set up for his visiting sons are fading, but they still carry the nicknames he gave them.

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Cubans struggling weeks after storms

October 7, 2008

BBC News | Latest Published Stories | UK Edition

The BBC's Michael Voss reports from the Cuban town of Los Palacios, still reeling from the effects of two huge hurricanes, one month on.

Heads up: Natalee Holloway, the (TV) Movie

October 7, 2008

Wade on Birmingham / Wade

The Lifetime Movie Network is working on a new TV movie, "The Natalee Holloway Story" for 2009.

Tainted Milk Deaths - Chinese Government Thugs Threaten Victims’ Lawyers To Abandon Lawsuits

October 7, 2008

Barbados Free Press / BFP

Barbados Government’s Newest Best Friend Is A Brutal Dictatorship Remember the tens of thousands of children who are seriously ill because they drank contaminated milk that Chinese Government ...

JO - Air Jamaica board should face the tough reality

October 7, 2008

Consul-At-Arms / Consul-At-Arms (noreply@blogger.com)

From my archive of press clippings: Jamaica Observer Air Jamaica board should face the tough reality Wignall's World Mark WignallSunday, April 13, 2008 Against a background of continued ...

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A Choice for Latin America

October 6, 2008

Washington Post / Post

WITH U.S. attention fixed elsewhere, a significant part of Latin America continues to march away from the "Washington consensus" of democracy and free-market capitalism that has governed the region ...

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Storms bring food shortages back to Cuba

October 7, 2008

Jamaica News latest RSS headlines - Jamaican Times.com

HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- Many Cubans thought they'd left behind forever the grim, hungry days that were the norm just after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and, with it, the loss of billions of ...

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New LI voter numbers surge; Dems get an edge

October 6, 2008

Spin Cycle / Dan Janison

More than 89,000 new Long Island voters — a 15 percent jump over four years ago — have enrolled to cast ballots in next month’s presidential contest and Democrats have garnered a huge edge among ...

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Civil Rights Group Stays Puerto Rican at Heart, but Now Has a Broader Reach

October 6, 2008

New York Times

To reflect its expanded mission and client base, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund is planning to change its name to Latino Justice P.R.L.D.E.F.

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Duncan Campbell: Ten years after five Cuban men were jailed in the US on spying charges they still can't see their families

October 5, 2008

Guardian Unlimited World Latest / Duncan Campbell

Duncan Campbell: Ten years after five Cuban men were jailed in the US on spying charges they still can't see their families

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Looking for a Safety Net

October 7, 2008

washingtonpost.com - Metro / Christian Davenport

One motorcyclist slammed into a pole at 27th and K streets in Northwest Washington. Another was ejected into a bean field on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

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Cuba denies risk of famine in wake of hurricanes

October 6, 2008

Monsters and Critics World News / DPA

Havana - Cuba is not at risk of 'famine' after hurricanes Gustav and Ike devastated its agriculture and

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Daddy Yankee will be moderator for debates of candidates in Puerto Rico - The reggaetonero will head the governor debates on October 9

October 6, 2008

HispanicTips / Tomas

HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information A Community Enhancer :: Relevant, Comprehensive, Useful & Trusted My readers say it best: "love it," ...

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DSLR Photography & Imaging Workshop Will Cruise The Southern Caribbean March 29 - April 6, 2009

October 6, 2008

The Imaging Resource News Page

DSLR photography, printing and imaging will be the focus of an eight-day workshop cruise embarking from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to St. Maarten, St. Lucia and St.

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Japan undo plucky Cuba

October 6, 2008

Jamaica News latest RSS headlines - Jamaican Times.com

Japan face a battle with Russia on Wednesday to see who will emerge as the second placed team in Group A following the former's 4-1 victory over Cuba.

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Cuba, FARC may be training guerrillas at Venezuelan camp

October 5, 2008

Jamaica News latest RSS headlines - Jamaican Times.com

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela -- The Venezuelan government, with help from Cuban military advisors and leftist Colombian guerrillas, is operating a secret paramilitary training camp in a closed-off touris.

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Inter-American Development Bank and Goldman Sachs Join Vital Voices Global Partnership to Announce Commitment to Support Women's Economic and Educational Opportunities Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean

October 7, 2008

The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Health News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oct.

Lost Secrets: Bermuda Triangle 1.0

October 7, 2008

Softpedia - Latest Mac software / Softpedia Mac OS

A very amusing hidden object game that takes place in the Bermuda Triangle.

Sir Allen Stanford promises to save his 20m Twenty20 'supermatch' in the Caribbean

October 7, 2008

Telegraph Sport

England captain Kevin Pietersen has been given Sir Allen Stanford's promise that 20m game will happen.

Va. accepts prisoners from Virgin Islands under old contract

October 7, 2008

inRich News Main

Almost 100 prison inmates from the U.S. Virgin Islands have swapped their cells in the Caribbean for some in Virginia.

Virgin Islands Tourism efforts need help

October 7, 2008

News of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands / Frank Barnako

The government could do better promoting tourism in the Virgin Islands.

LATAM-CARIBBEAN: Everyone Is Invited to the Summit

October 7, 2008

IPS Inter Press Service / Mario Osava

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 7 (IPS) - For the first time ever, the heads of state and government of Latin America and the Caribbean will gather for a summit meeting Dec.

Judge orders Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo in US

October 7, 2008

Telegraph News | Top News

US judge orders release of 17 Chinese Muslims in rebuke to Bush.

ANTIGUA-POLITICS-Mixed reaction to new opinion poll

October 7, 2008

CanaNews

By Anika Kentish ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) Tuesday appeared quite hesitant to embrace the results of a new public opinion poll, which a spokesman for the ...

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