EAST TIMOR - State of emergency declared - Troops arrive after president attack
DILI, East Timor (AP): Foot soldiers searched cars for weapons and armoured UN vehicles guarded East Timor's leaders under a state of emergency declared after rebel soldiers critically shot the Nobel Peace Prize-winning president and fired at the prime minister's convoy....
IMF willing to assist Barbados government
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): A senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has ended a visit to Barbados, pledging the financial institution's assistance to the new David Thompson administration. IMF deputy managing director Murilo Portugal...
Carib key to climate talks future - UN
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations has identified the Caribbean and Latin America as having a key role in designing an international post-2012 climate change agreement. Executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Yvo de Boer...
Local Government minister denies involvement in another brawl
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall has denied any involvement in a brawl at a business place last Friday, insisting he was unaware of what was being said about him. "I don't know about any assault. I was not assaulted and I don't know what you are talking about...
Oil minister ready to cut supplies to US if necessary
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Venezuela is ready to cut off oil supplies to the United States if pressed into an "economic war'', the country's oil minister said in an interview published yesterday, echoing a threat by President Hugo Chávez.Oil Minister...
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