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WorldCuba reports first case of imported Zika virus
March 4, 2016HAVANA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Cuba's Public Health Ministry (Minsap) reported on Wednesday the country's first case of Zika virus detected in a visiting Venezuelan doctor who is pursuing a ...
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The View from Europe
The Cashless Society
David JessopMarch 4, 2016If you read the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post or some of the world's other heavyweight newspapers, you may have seen in recent months, articles discussing ...
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World
China shuts down 28,000 illegal websites in national crackdown
March 4, 2016BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen million illegal publications were confiscated and 28,000 websites deemed pornographic or featuring other illegal content were shut down in China in 2015.
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WorldJailed drug kingpin "El Chapo" desperate to be extradited, says ...
March 4, 2016MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is no longer fighting extradition to the United States -- he's asking to be sent sooner, his ...
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LocalPolice charge two
March 4, 2016Dominica's soap-opera-style scandal took a twist today when police officers charged two of the three men who allegedly had inappropriate connection to a 15-year old girl.
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LocalIan Pinard resigns
March 2, 2016Public Works minister Ian Pinard has resigned over allegations of inappropriate behaviour with a young girl; the matter surfaced in the press and in the public recently.
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LocalCrying for cash
March 1, 2016Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Barbados are afraid that they may not graduate.
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LocalO.J. gets boat to ship farmers' produce
March 1, 2016Oliver "OJ" Seraphin, a former Prime Minister of Dominica, has partnered with the Roosevelt Skerrit administration to transport agricultural produce to other Caribbean islands.
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LocalA driver is fined $15,000 for vehicular death
March 1, 2016A moving plea in mitigation by lawyer Kondwani Williams and the trial judge's need to send the message to drivers to be careful resulted in 34-year old Layne Orlando Royer ...
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LocalDominican journalists attend regional law and media workshop
March 1, 2016Dr. Margaret Gail Miller senior Director of the Caribbean regional programme and director for Canada to the Caribbean Development Bank says the Barbados $30 million UWI IMPACT JUSTICE project aim ...
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LocalNBD loses EC$4.4 million
March 1, 2016Dominica's top financial institution, the National Bank of Dominica (NBD) did not have a good year last year.
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WorldPolls point to a big win by Donald Trump on ...
Feb. 29, 2016WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- For any Republicans determined to stop the seemingly unstoppable Donald Trump from becoming the party's standard-bearer, the upcoming Super Tuesday could be their best chance ...
