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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
 GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The authorities of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours on Tuesday, opened bilateral talks in Georgetown, Guyana, to assess their progress in tacking trans-national crimes since the signing of the bilateral agreement “the New Nikerie” between the two nations in May 2008. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
 NEW YORK, USA -- The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon in a letter to President Bharrat Jagdeo has praised Guyana s contribution of US$1 million to aid relief efforts for earthquake-devastated Haiti. Haiti’s capital was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
 CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMMB) -- A weekly recap of the major financial highlights on the regional and international markets. Eastern Caribbean: On the ECSE, 4,220 shares changed ownership, while another 2,000 Cable & Wireless St. Kitts & Nevis shares crossed the floor having no effect on overall market activity. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
 The OAS was founded in 1948, at the behest of Washington to promote multilateral dialogue and decision making of a hemispheric nature between governments of the Americas. Its structure was an extension of the doctrine of “Americanism”, promoted by the United States of America since the late nineteenth century. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- A US Navy hospital ship was recalled from Haiti Tuesday as the US military cut its emergency deployment to the quake-hit nation, where aid efforts are now turning to reconstruction. The USNS Comfort had been anchored off Haiti s capital Port-au-Prince for the past seven weeks. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
 WASHINGTON, USA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Tuesday acknowledged the fundamental role of telecommunications in the integral development of the continent and urged Member States and participants of the Fifth Regular Meeting... |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
 PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- In a letter to civil service staff on Tuesday, chief executive officer of the interim government, Mark Capes, informed all public employees in the Turks and Caicos Islands that public service salaries and wages for all staff, plus certain allowances will be cut by |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Conveyances will be delivered shortly as part of the Barbados government s $5 per sq ft land programme, aimed at first time homeowners who cannot afford to buy land on the private market.This came Sunday evening from Minister of Housing and Lands, Michael Lashley. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Caribbean and European Union diplomats, government officials and representatives from regional organizations, the private sector and non-governmental organizations met to discuss the parameters for an enhanced Caribbean-EU partnership at a seminar in Barbados. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 17:00 |
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CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela s deepening electricity crisis may drag on the economy for several years, dashing government hopes for GDP growth, slashing fuel exports from the OPEC country, and ushering in lengthy rationing. The power shortages have come since late 2009. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 05:00 |
 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Barbados government is expanding its energy platform to introduce new legislation that would allow the Barbados Light and Power Company Limited to purchase its electricity from independent renewable energy sources. Minister of Economic Affairs... |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 05:00 |
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- Haitian authorities on Monday released one of two US missionaries they had been holding on child abduction charges, while keeping the leader of the group in custody. Charisa Coulter, 24, was handed over to US embassy personnel who drove her away from the police station. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 05:00 |
 BASSETERRE, St Kitts (COUPM) -- Australia is the 10th nation that St Kitts and Nevis has signed Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) with. The Federation has also commenced discussions with India, Japan, the Republic of Seychelles and the United States on Tax Information Exchange Agreements. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 05:00 |
 On the centennial of International Women’s Day, proposed at the First International Women’s Conference in Copenhagen in 1910, it is fitting to take stock of the progress and challenges in the struggle for gender equity. Gender-based inequalities continue to keep women from achieving the highest... |
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