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WorldFidel Castro's influence universal, says historian
Aug. 13, 2016CARACAS, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- As revolutionary leader Fidel Castro nears his 90th birthday on Aug. 13, the international spotlight has once again turned towards Cuba, the nation he shaped ...
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WorldFidel Castro's legacy to withstand test of time, says biographer
Aug. 13, 2016HAVANA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Fidel Castro is one of the most admired, controversial and respected politicians in the last century, whose legacy will endure the test of time due ...
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LocalThe UWI to honour Dr Etienne with Honorary degree
Aug. 13, 2016Dominican Dr Carissa Etienne will receive an honorary degree from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) at the Cave Hill Campus graduation ceremony on 15 October 2016, The ...
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LocalWaves swallow Wendy
Aug. 9, 2016A family picnic quickly turned into a scene in a horror movie when Rosalind Griffith-Bazil of Fond Cole watched her daughter, Wendy Thomas, 43, drown at Glasse Pool at Boetica ...
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LocalZac's: my son's perfume
Aug. 9, 2016Yolanda Gregoire, a Dominican who lives in St Martin, has launched a new perfume line. She says she was inspired to develop the product following the death of her son.
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WorldTrump hones in on sluggish U.S. economy to bolster struggling ...
Aug. 9, 2016WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Amid tumbling polling numbers, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday zeroed in on the U.S. economy in a bid to convince voters that ...
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LocalLeave LIAT alone
Aug. 9, 2016Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and the other governments with shares in the struggling regional carrier LIAT are being advised once again to stop the political interference in the airline if ...
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WorldFidel Castro an enduring role model for Cuban youth
Aug. 9, 2016HAVANA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Many Cubans are too young to remember Fidel Castro's heyday as a revolutionary firebrand and influential elder statesman, yet they admire and look up to ...
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LocalCalling all Bouyon artistes
Aug. 9, 2016Val Cuffy, the Public Relations Officer for the Bouyon Monarch Competition, has sounded the call for artistes to participate in the second Bouyon Monarch Competition.
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World
American couple die minutes apart after 63 years of marriage
Aug. 9, 2016SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- An American couple married for over six decades has proven that even death is not strong enough to keep the loved ones separated.
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WorldSouth Africa local gov't elections see considerable drop in support ...
Aug. 6, 2016CAPE TOWN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) suffered a considerable drop in support from voters in the local government elections, results showed on Saturday.
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WorldRaymond O'Keiffe dies
Aug. 6, 2016The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States mourns the passing today, of Raymond O'Keiffe in Martinique, after a short battle with illness.
