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Hundreds drowned in Haiti disaster
IN ONE of the worst sea disasters in recent history, many hundreds, and possibly as many as 1,800 Haitians are feared drowned after an overloaded passenger ferry bound for the capital, Port-au-Prince, capsized and sank in a storm off southern Haiti early on Wednesday.
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Beaded bracelets sale means help for Haitian babies
Many holiday shoppers took advantage of a local event in recent weeks to buy gifts and donate to a worthy cause at the same time.
Grenada official says region must treat security as priority
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada -- Grenada and other Caribbean countries must be proactive in setting up mechanisms to detect fraud, protect their citizens and the country borders and ports of entry from terrorism related activities, according to Grenada's Cabinet Secretary, Jemma Bain-Thomas. Bain-Thomas made the call while addressing more that 70 ...
Why not give a goat this Christmas?
For the past 10 years, a local nonprofit group has been raising money to buy farm animals for Haitian families.
The big news arrived, but a little late
In this month's Reader's Digest, November 2009, there is a great story by Michael Meyer about the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Crawling Caricom bad for business --
THE tongue-lashing Caricom heads of government got from the leaders of the region's two major social sector umbrella organisations last week was more than well deserved.
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I met Wayne Brown 30 years ago through English prof, Ken Ramchand, while I was at University of the West Indies , St Augustine, doing an MA in English.
List of maritime disasters over the decades
Some of the deadliest and most famous civilian maritime disasters: -July 26 or 27, 2009: A sailboat overloaded with Haitian migrants capsizes off the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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CG keeps looking as Haitian death toll rises
Rescue teams scanned the clear blue waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands Wednesday with fading hopes of finding dozens of Haitian migrants whose sailboat struck a reef and shattered in the waves.
Some of the most famous and deadliest maritime disasters
Some of the deadliest and most famous civilian maritime disasters: - July 26 or 27, 2009: A sailboat overloaded with Haitian migrants capsizes off the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Q&A: 'The Elites Are Like a Huge Elephant Sitting on Haiti'
PRINCE, Jul 3 - Haitian Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis assumed office in September 2008.
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