Diet sodas linked to heart risks
BOSTON (AP):People who drank one or more diet sodas each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda, a large but inconclusive study found.The results surprised the researchers who expected to see a difference...
UN secretary general to visit region
UNITED NATIONS (CMC):United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will make his first official visit to the Caribbean next week, making calls on Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados and Haiti's President René Préval.
IACHR rebuke irks Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):The Guyanese government has hit out at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for publicly criticising its withdrawal of advertisements from the independent newspaper, Stabroek News, saying that the organisation...
Opposition calls for minister's removal
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (CMC): Leader of the Opposition St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP), Dr. Kenny Anthony, has called for the resignation of Economic Planning Minister Ausbert d'Auvergne, charging that he has shamed the country and must go.
Sharma tribunal to hear evidence
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):A tribunal set up to determine the fate of embattled Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma will begin hearing evidence on September 17 and has made it clear it's not seeking to determine the guilt or innocence of the judiciary...
Watch out, you may catch obesity
NEW YORK (Reuters): Like the common cold, obesity can be spread from person to person, new research suggests.A person's social network can influence his risk of obesity, according to new study findings reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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