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Changing faces of leadership at the UWI
March 1, 2015Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. 01 March 2015 –– The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has announced two senior management changes to drive the strategic direction of the regional institution ...
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CARICOM heads agree to focus on sports tourism and cultural ...
March 1, 2015(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM heads have decided to place emphasis on developing cultural and creative industries and a sports sector to boost their economies. The announcement was ...
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Guadeloupe meets CARICOM SG for Associate Membership Talks
Feb. 15, 2015(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met on Wednesday 11 January 2015 with a delegation from Guadeloupe, which is one of five Caribbean territories which ...
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Record tourist arrival and earnings for the Caribbean
Feb. 15, 2015BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (10 Feb. 2015) - The Caribbean welcomed a record 26.3 million tourists in 2014, a 5.3 per cent rise over the previous year. These visitors spent US$29.2 billion, ...
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Dancing Nude in the Moonlight
Feb. 8, 2015"A narrative that is rich in issues, values, intercultural conflict, and gender relations as they present themselves in Antigua today... (the) love story is sensitive, sensuous, well nu-anced..."
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New video shows man believed to be Japanese hostage Goto ...
Feb. 1, 2015TOKYO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A new video message posted online early Sunday (local time) shows that a man believed to be Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by ...
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Venezuelan president says U.S. conspires to overthrow him
Jan. 31, 2015CARACAS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Friday that U.S. agencies are plotting to overthrow him, and asked President Barack Obama if he is aware of the ...
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UN chief welcomes AU's decision to deploy 7,500 troops to ...
Jan. 31, 2015ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday welcomed the decision by the African Union (AU) to deploy up to 7,500 troops to battle Boko Haram, ...
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France starts criminal probe into the crash of AirAsia plane
Jan. 31, 2015BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- A French judicial source said on Friday that France has opened a formal criminal investigation into the crash of an AirAsia plane while a French ...
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Millions in northeast U.S. affected by fierce snowstorm, blizzard
Jan. 26, 2015WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Millions of people living in the U.S. northeast on Monday took the brunt of a severe snowstorm and blizzard that is ravaging the region.
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CCJ to observe 10th anniversary
Jan. 20, 2015The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has been making plans for the observance of its 10th year of operations, Justice Adrian Saunders said, adding that throughout this calendar year the ...
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Number of new Ebola cases declines: UNMEER head
Jan. 20, 2015UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- There has been an overall decline in the number of new Ebola cases, especially in the three most affected African countries, said a UN ...
