JAMAICA-CRIME-Missionaries robbed

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The police in the central parish of Manchester have launched an investigation into the early morning robbery of twenty-six missionaries. The missionaries from God’s Missionary Church in Pennsylvania, in the United States were invited to Jamaica by the Jamaica Holiness...
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GUYANA-DEVELOPMENT-Hugo Chavez Centre to open on the weekend

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration - a US$2 million project, funded by the Government of Venezuela is scheduled to open on Saturday. The Centre located at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, will be opened by President Donald Ramotar, and Venezuela&rsqu...
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Henry: Only Parliament can make reparations decision

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - OPPOSITION Member of Parliament Mike Henry, says he has tabled his resolution on reparations again in Parliament, in an effort to force a political decision on the matter in the House. "What we need is a political decision, that will enable us to take the matter to the...
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Britain opens world’s second-largest offshore wind farm

LONDON,  (Reuters) - The world’s second-largest offshore wind farm, capable of generating enough electricity to power over half a million homes, was opened officially off England’s east coast yesterday. Energy and Business Minister Michael Fallon opened the 500 megawatt Greater Gab...
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Obama cancels meeting with Russia’s Putin over Snowden decision

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday canceled a Moscow summit with President Vladimir Putin planned for next month in retaliation for Russia’s decision to grant asylum to fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. The move marks a stark low point in U.S...
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Japan says Fukushima leak worse than thought, govt joins clean-up

TOKYO, (Reuters) - Highly radioactive water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said yesterday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordered the government to step in and help in the clean-up. The revelation amounted to an acknowledgem...
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