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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)–The Concerned Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago has criticised the decision of Kamla Perrsad-Bissessar government to offici...
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Burchell says St James Southern neglected in post-hurricane recovery efforts
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for St James Southern, Nekeisha Burchell, has criticised the pace and fairness of hurricane recovery efforts,...
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Peter Champagnie retained by Jahvy Ambassador after Big Wall shooting incident
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King’s Counsel Peter Champagnie has confirmed that he has been retained as legal counsel for popular producer and manager Jahvel “Jahvy Ambassador” Mo...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Worl...
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Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial begins in New York
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Five police officers detained as probe continues into deadly stampede in Haiti
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March 12, 2014
Today is the 72nd day of 2014. There are 293 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1881: Russia's Czar Alexander II is assassinated by radical terr...
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Mexico Gov’t may have slain capo ‘killed’ in 2010
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March 8, 2014
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican Government officials are trying to determine if a man killed yesterday in an early morning shootout in western Mexi...
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March 8, 2014
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Arab envoys say no to Israel as Jewish state
March 8, 2014
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Arab foreign ministers yesterday rejected Israel's demands that the Palestinians recognise it as a Jewish state, saying such a mov...
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Vietnam says it may have found door of missing Malaysian jet
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March 8, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Vietnamese aircraft spotted what they suspected was one of the doors of a missing Boeing 777 on Sunday, while troubling ...
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March 8, 2014
German Chancellor says March referendum in Ukraine illegal BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Put...
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Mayor Rob Ford gets daylight saving time wrong
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Controversy marks Newsweek’s comeback
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March 8, 2014
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Interpol: Passports on flights must be checked
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Lack of checks expose air security flaw PARIS, France (AP) — Interpol knew about stolen passports that two passengers used to board an ill-fated Malay...
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Trinidad deports ultra-Orthodox Jewish group
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Trinidad deports ultra-Orthodox Jewish group
March 8, 2014
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) — Nine members of a Canadian-based ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, Lev Tahor, were deported to Canada on Saturday, less tha...
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This Day in History – March 7
March 6, 2014
Today is the 66th day of 2014. There are 299 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 2013: The UN Security Council votes unanimously for tough new sa...
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Pope Francis very popular on Twitter
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March 5, 2014
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Dalai Lama to lead US Senate in prayer today
March 5, 2014
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — The Dalai Lama will lead the US Senate in prayer today as the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader meets leaders of Congress, his o...
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Trial of Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt adjourned
March 5, 2014
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Crimean MPs vote to join Russia; US unveils sanctions
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March 5, 2014
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AFP) — Lawmakers in Crimea voted to join Russia yesterday, escalating tensions in Ukraine as the new Government in Kiev said it w...
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US prepares $1-b aid package for troubled Ukraine
March 4, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a somber show of US support for Ukraine's new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets yesterday where mor...
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Maori king refuses meeting with British prince
March 4, 2014
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's indigenous Maori king has refused to meet with Prince William and wife Kate when they visit the country n...
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Russia sets Ukraine agenda with diplomacy, threats
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March 2, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia called for a national unity deal in Ukraine even as it tightened its stranglehold over Crimea, a bold combination of diplo...
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March 2, 2014
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