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Lesson for our legislators in that UK vote on Syria

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron is fighting for his political life and the legitimacy of his Tory party after Conservative members crossed the dreaded political divide and joined with the Opposition Labour party in voting no to Cameron's plan of participating with the United States in a military strike on Syria. The planned military action is in response to the use of chemical weapons, allegedly by the Syrian Government, against civilians in what has become a brutal and bloody civil war in that country.

Brazil, Mexico ask US to explain if NSA spied on presidents

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil assailed the United States yesterday after new allegations that Washington spied on President Dilma Rousseff, complaining that its sovereignty may have been violated and suggesting that it could call off Rousseff’s planned state visit to the White House next month.
A Brazilian news programme reported on Sunday that the US National Security Agency spied on emails, phone calls and text messages of Rousseff and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a disclosure that could strain Washington’s relations with Latin America’s two biggest nations.

South Africa’s Mandela back home after long hospital stay

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela returned to his home yesterday where he will continue to receive intensive care after three months in hospital with a lung ailment.
Mandela, 95, had spent 87 days in a Pretoria hospital after he was rushed there in early June suffering from a recurring infection of the lungs, a legacy of the nearly three decades he spent in jail under apartheid.

Study finds poverty reduces brain power

LONDON, (Reuters) – Poverty and the all-consuming fretting that comes with it require so much mental energy that the poor have little brain power left to devote to other areas of life, according to the findings of an international study published on Thursday. The mental strain could be costing poor people up to 13 IQ (intelligence quotient) points and means they are more likely to make mistakes and bad decisions that amplify and perpetuate their financial woes, researchers found. “Our results suggest that when you are poor, money is not the only thing in short supply.

Scornful Syria hails “historic American retreat” as Obama hesitates

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Syria hailed a “historic American retreat” yesterday, mockingly accusing President Barack Obama of hesitation and confusion after he delayed a military response to last month’s chemical weapons attack near Damascus until after a congressional vote.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said tests had shown sarin nerve gas was fired on rebel-held areas on Aug. 21, and expressed confidence that U.S. lawmakers would do “what is right” in response.
Washington says more than 1,400 people, many of them children, were killed in the attack.

UNITED STATES-MIGRATION - US Coast Guard continues to repatriate Cuban migrants

MIAMI, CMC – Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island have repatriated 23 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, in the latest repatriation efforts. In a release on Friday, the US Coast Guard said the repatriation was a result of three migrant interdiction cases. It said Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Florida, said two weeks ago, they received a report from the Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell of a raft south of Marquesas Key, Florida,the cutter Margaret Norvell boatcrew launched their smallboat and safely embarked two Cuban migrants.

UNITED STATES-CRIME-Toddler killed by bullet intended for Trinidad-born father

NEW YORK, CMC – Police were searching for gunmen who killed a one-year-old boy with a bullet intended for his Trinidadian-born father. Police said Antiq Hennis was in his stroller, inches from his Trinidadian parents, when he was shot in the head. The incident occurred a few meters from the family’s home in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. Police said the toddler’ unidentified father was unharmed.

Britain says no to Syria intervention…as U.S. considers actions

LONDON/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat yesterday of a government motion on the issue, dealing a setback to U.S.-led efforts to punish Damascus over the use of chemical weapons against civilians. Following a 285-272 vote against a motion by British Prime Minister David Cameron to authorise a military response in principle, British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond confirmed Britain would not be involved in any action against Syria.

CARIBBEAN-SECURITY- PortMiami to cooperate with Caribbean on security issues

MIAMI, CMC – The United States’ Department of State has signed a partnership agreement with PortMiami aimed at helping to enhance port security in the Caribbean. As enforcement pressures increase against drug traffickers in Mexico and Central America, William R. Brownfield, assistant Secretary of State for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs, said on Wednesday that it is logical that criminals will try to resurrect old drug routes through the Caribbean. He, therefore, urged regional governments to begin preparation to combat the threat.

U.S. scientist operates colleague’s brain from across campus

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Scientists said yesterday they have achieved the first human-to-human mind meld, with one researcher sending a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motion of a colleague sitting across the Seattle campus of the University of Washington.

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