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Cleveland suspect Ariel Castro polite to guard Jail logs
COLUMBUS, Ohio Logs documenting almost every minute of the Cleveland kidnapping suspect's time in jail show he spends most of his time resting with breaks for pacing, showers and cell ...
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AA flight bound for Miami gets diverted to Aruba
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- An American Airlines flight that was headed to Miami from Brazil has made an emergency landing in Aruba because of a mechanical problem.Spokeswoman Dori Alvarez said Friday that maintenance crews checked the plane once it landed and fixed the problem. She said the plane would depart Friday night for Miami. Flight 234 was carrying 218 passengers and 14 crew members.Alvarez ...
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Dubliner on a royal mission in Cuba 250 years ago
Brigadier general Alexander O'Reilly, the Dubliner who had quit his country and joined the Flight of the Wild Geese, had a great deal to do on a day like this in Havana 250 years ago this ...
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World Bank says its helping Haiti draft mining legislation
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The World Bank said Friday that it's helping Haiti craft legislation for the impoverished nation's little-known mining industry. In a brief statement to The Associated Press, the bank said it's trying to support the Haitian government in its effort to develop the mining sector in the country's northeastern mountains, which would entail revamping laws ...
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New CFO at Royal Caribbean
The top finance job at Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises is in new hands.The world’s second-largest cruise ship company announced Thursday that Brian Rice, who is retiring in spring of 2014, would no longer serve as chief financial officer, a job he has held since 2006. With 24 years at the company, Rice will remain vice chairman until he retires. In that role, he supervises finance, ...
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Report Dogs removed from kidnap suspect Castros home
WOIO (CBS/WOIO) The Cleveland dog warden is holding three canines discovered in the home and car of accused Cleveland kidnapper Ariel ...
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Caribbean charges dropped against 2 Americans
Following intervention from Florida U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, the Caribbean island nation of Turks and Caicos dropped criminal charges against an 80-year-old and a 60-year-old American ...
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Port of Houston signs Puerto Rico Middle East service agreements
The Port of Houston has signed new shipping agreements with companies traveling to the Middle East and Puerto Rico. The Port of Houston Authority said Friday that it has signed two agreements that will add new service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and locations throughout the Middle East. In one agreement, National Shipping of America, a San Francisco-based shipping company, added a new 14-day ...
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AP PHOTOS Cubas LGBT community holds week of shows expert says more to be done on awareness
In this May 15, 2013, Yanolis Carrero, 27, right, a gay transvestite artist known as "Blanquita," performs on a table top during a drag show at the Fashion Bar Havana, in Havana, Cuba. A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. Gays were persecuted for decades after the ...
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Puerto Rico to cut govt bank loan portfolio to bolster finances
SAN JUAN | Fri May 17, 2013 5:22pm EDT SAN JUAN May 17 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico plans to cut by as much as a third the $9.1 billion loan portfolio at its Government Development Bank as a way to bolster finances of the key lender to local governments and authorities on the Caribbean island, officials said Friday. The reduction in the commonwealth-owned GDB's loan assets would include ...
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Jamaica for Economic Diplomacy to Increase Trade
Kingston, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Amid the crisis hitting Jamaica, the Government will increase the use of economic diplomacy to broaden trade and investment opportunities, announced Minister of Industry, investment and Trade, Anthony Hylton. The objective is to access new markets, besides facilitating strategic alliances and joint ventures, said the minister as quoted by JIS information service. ...
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Dominican Republic’s flag waves high at Cannes
CANNES, France.- Dominican Republic's flag waves high at its Cannes Film Festival pavilion, where it promotes the country as an international film destination and where contacts and ties with world-renown producers have been forged. Presidency Film commissioner Ellis Perez said the impact on many producers unaware of the country's tax breaks was good, as well as the locations and ...
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Dominican Republic workers want a 17 wage hike not “ridiculous” 11
Santo Domingo.- The labor unions on Friday proposed a salary increase of 17 percent for this year and revised to negotiate another hike in 2014, according to the inflation and the cost of basic staples. Jacobo Ramos, spokesperson of the labor unions grouped in the CNTD, said employers have offered three "ridiculous and unacceptable" salary increases of 8%, then 9%, and ...
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US Canada pledge millions to fight drug trafficking other crime in eastern Caribbean
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The U.S. government has pledged $23 million to help improve security and fight drug trafficking and other crimes in the eastern Caribbean region. The narcotics affairs director of the U.S. Embassy in Barbados says the money will go toward the Regional Security System, a co-operative of police forces across the eastern Caribbean. Kurt van der Walde says the money will be ...
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Caribbean set to ban the discharge of all non-food waste anywhere in its waters
Every single year, around 50,000 cruise ships alone, carrying a total of 14.5 million passengers, call at various ports in the Caribbean. With them comes sewerage, solid waste, leftover food, oily bilge water, and ‘grey water’ (the waste water from showering, bathing, washing up etc). Years ago, all of this waste would have been dumped into the crystal oceans of the world by cruise lines and other shipping companies, but the Wider Caribbean region has taken steps to prevent the further destruction of their environments.
Right now, at any given time, there are hundreds of cruise ships, tankers, bulk carriers, fishing vessels and pleasure craft frequenting the waters of the Wider Caribbean, a huge area of ocean of around 3.3 million square kilometers. The Wider Caribbean is home to 28 nations, either island nations or countries with a coastline on the Caribbean. Read more
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