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3 hrs ago | Caribbean News Now!

Earthquake shakes northeastern Caribbean

ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- On Saturday night, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 was felt in several islands in the northeastern Caribbean, including Antigua and Barbuda, but there were no immediate reports of injury of damage.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Antigua and Barbuda, World News

3 hrs ago | Caribbean News Now!

Top enforcement officer in USVI environment agency arrested on drug trafficking charges

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here .

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Related Topix: Drugs, Environment, Science, John de Jongh, US Governors, World News, Virgin Islands

6 hrs ago | The Gleaner

Former Gov't Senator Noel Monteith remembered as a political giant

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller in conversation with Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Peter Phillips ; and Minister of State Luther Buchanan ; while attendingNoel Monteith, on Saturday, May 18 at the Carmel Moravian Church Scores of mourners and well wishers turned out to celebrate the life of former educator and People's National Party ... (more)

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, World News, Jamaica

Sun May 19, 2013

Arutz Sheva Israel News

"Slayer" Loves Israel - Metal Legend Teaches Clinic in Tel Aviv

Dave Lombardo, founding member of the metal band Slayer wowed fans at a Tel Aviv masters class.

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Related Topix: Metal, Slayer, Cuba, World News, Israel, Middle East, Union City, NJ

The Province

Vancouver's Brad Deering was murdered in targeted Costa Rican hit, says local PI

Vancouver father Brad Deering, 42, and three others were inside his gated community home in San Jose in Costa Rica on Thursday morning, when three men stormed the house, shot and killed Deering and tied up the others.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News

BBC News

PM warns overseas territories on tax

Prime Minister David Cameron has urged British overseas territories to "get their house in order" and sign up to international treaties on tax.

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Related Topix: Cayman Islands, World News, Europe, Isle of Man

Examiner.com

First Cuban Cultural Fest features vast entertainment and fun

The first Cuban Cultural Fest in Tampa , Fla. was well underway yesterday. This weekend Ybor City was a Cuban festive atmosphere along Avenida Republica de Cuba which drew not only Cubans but other nationalities as well to celebrate Cuban tradition and heritage.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, The Untouchables, Ska,

CBC News

Vancouver man attacked, killed in Costa Rica

A Canadian has been killed in Costa Rica in an apparent home invasion, but the government is releasing few other details on the matter.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News, North America, Canada,

Vallejo News

Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island In a bid to...

In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean's tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Participants are expected to announce various commitments to advance the "Caribbean Challenge," an initiative that is touted as the first comprehensive conservation endeavor in the ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, British Virgin Islands, Alternative Energy, Energy

The Gleaner

The methods of war have failed

A trail of blood is seen at the Kirkland Heights house of Keith Clarke, who was killed by the security forces on May 27, 2010.

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Related Topix: Ronald Reagan, Costa Rica, World News

Ekklesia Daily News

Guatemala's former dictator convicted of genocide

A former general who presided over a reign of terror in Guatemala during the 1980s has been convicted of genocide.

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Related Topix: Guatemala, World News, Christian, Religion

Sat May 18, 2013

Babalu Blog

Cubans forcibly exiled to Spain continue struggling just to survive

For many, the answer to the question would you rather rot in a Cuban political prison or struggle to survive in Spain has an obvious answer.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Europe, Spain, US News, Conservative Political News

The Miami Herald

Notoriety follows Rivera pal in Nicaragua

Ana Alliegro, the Miami woman at the center of the federal corruption investigation involving former congressman David Rivera, is living in a small town outside of Managua.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, US News

Debbie Schlussel

WTF?! Obama Us Ambassador, Embassy Officials Did What?

As I've previously noted on this site, U.S. Embassies apparently exist solely to help the interests of America-haters and give them an opportunity for visas to the U.S. Now, President Obama's hand-picked U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, "Dumbassador" Anne Andrews, has enlisted her U.S. Embassy employees in this ridiculous music video to encourage ... (more)

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News, Central America Travel, Costa Rica Travel, Dance, Pop/Rock, PSY,

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Cayman Islands ex-premier denies new allegations

McKeeva Bush said in a statement late Friday that he knows nothing about a donation to University College of the Caribbean in Jamaica as alleged in local media reports.

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Related Topix: Cayman Islands, World News

Missileer

AF surgeon helps Belizean boy get 'new hand'

Isai Carrillo, a 4-year-old Belizean boy, holds a stuffed animal while sitting with his mother, Ruth, and his grandmother, Mercedes, prior to his surgery.

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Related Topix: World News, Belize, US Military, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, US Air Force, Medicine, Plastic Surgery

WTLV

First Coast Cuba: Our connections and should we go?

The country of Cuba is only 90 miles from the Florida Keys but in many ways we are worlds apart.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Cuba, NY, Fidel Castro

Fri May 17, 2013

The Miami Herald

Turks and Caicos authorities drop gun charges against American tourists

Charges have been dropped against two older American tourists arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands after a bullet was found in each of their luggage on separate occasions as they prepared to depart.

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Related Topix: Turks and Caicos Islands, World News, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bill Nelson

Inhabitat

This Unique Icosahedron-Shaped Treehouse in Costa Rica Cost Just $5,000 to Build

Joseph Mikrut, a graphic designer and one of the owners of Anamaya Yoga Resort in Montezuma, Costa Rica, has finished constructing what may very well be the world's first treehouse shaped in the form of an icosahedron .

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News

KMIZ

Pat Robertson shrugs off adultery

Pat Robertson, the network's 83-year-old founder, was not condoning adultery when he answered a viewer's quesion on "The 700 Club" this week, the network said.

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Related Topix: 700 Club, Entertainment, Television, Haiti, World News