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Norwegian Air enters BWI with flights to Martinique

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is adding direct flights to another Caribbean island.

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Caraibes A333 at Pointe a Pitre on May 16th 2015, problems with pressurization

An Air Caraibes Airbus A330-300, registration F-OONE performing flight TX-543 from Pointe a Pitre to Paris Orly , was in the initial climb out of Pointe a Pitre's runway 12 when the crew reported problems with the pressurization systems, stopped the climb at 4000 feet and returned to Pointe a Pitre for a safe landing on runway 12 about 25 minutes after departure. The aircraft had encountered a similiar problem on departure from Orly to Pointe a Pitre, see Incident: Caraibes A333 at Paris on May 16th 2015, problems with pressurization .

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France's Hollande arrives in Cuba on historic visit

French President Francois Hollande visits an exhibition at the Memorial ACTe, the Caribbean Centre of Expression and Memory of Slavery and the Slave Trade, in Pointe-a-Pitre on May 10, 2015 the National Day for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade in France. Francois Hollande is on a five-day visit to the Caribbean, including Martinique, Guadeloupe, Cuba and Haiti.

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Martinique hosts FCCA delegation in push to continue strong cruise sector growth

FRANCE, Martinique -- The Martinique Tourism Authority hosted a delegation of Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association officials May 2829, 2015, as part of its continuing efforts to bolster the cruise sector on the island. The visit comes as Martinique enjoys its strongest cruise results in years, posting a 631percent increase in cruise passenger arrivals since 2010.

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Between Carnival and Performance Art: Nine Artists on Masquerade

It's astonishing that in 2015 a group exhibition of nine artists of color can still be impressive based on statistics and context alone. It is still rare that we see marginalized voices like these situated inside a contemporary art institution without also being used as a foil to the canonized arc of North American and Western European art history.

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Raw Arterial Spin Labeling Data Can Help Identify Arterial Occlusion...

From the Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Martinique , Fort-de-France, Martinique . Correspondence to Alessandro Arrigo, PhD, MD, Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Martinique , BP 632, 97231 Fort-de-France, Martinique .

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St Lucia, Martinique discuss possible collaboration on cross-border crime

Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Dr Kenny Anthony , with French President Francois Hollande at last weekend's climate change summit in Martinique FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique -- Prime minister of Saint Lucia, Dr Kenny Anthony, met last week with France's President Francois Hollande, ahead of a climate change summit in Martinique, to discuss issues of mutual interest. The discussion focused on climate change mitigation, and cooperation efforts in combating crime.

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Summit Caribbean Climate 2015: "the Fort-de-France Appeal"

Planet Earth is our common cradle. A shared Homeland. It is an indivisible ecosystem where national frontiers and vanities cannot overshadow a profound interdependence in which the excesses of some affect the security and the future of others.

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The Memorial ACTe: A - catalyst for human rights and fundamental freedoms

Francois Hollande President of the Republic of France and Victorin Lurel president of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe at the unveiling of the plaque at the Official Opening of the Memorial ACTe on May 10. An aerial view of the Memorial ACTe, the Caribbean Centre of Expression and Memory of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Guadeloupe in the French West Indies. This iconic building graces the site of the former Darboussier sugar refinery along the shores of Pointe-a-Pitre in the French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe.

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French president visits slave memorial in Caribbean museum

French President Francois Hollande marked the memory of millions of slaves in an inaugural visit to a memorial in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, where Black men and women were sold to work on sugar cane plantations from the 17th to 19th centuries. The visit revived the debate over the consequences of France's slave trade in the region.

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Martinique hosts FCCA delegation in push to continue strong cruise sector growth

FRANCE, Martinique -- The Martinique Tourism Authority hosted a delegation of Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association officials May 2829, 2015, as part of its continuing efforts to bolster the cruise sector on the island. The visit comes as Martinique enjoys its strongest cruise results in years, posting a 631percent increase in cruise passenger arrivals since 2010.

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Between Carnival and Performance Art: Nine Artists on Masquerade

It's astonishing that in 2015 a group exhibition of nine artists of color can still be impressive based on statistics and context alone. It is still rare that we see marginalized voices like these situated inside a contemporary art institution without also being used as a foil to the canonized arc of North American and Western European art history.

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Raw Arterial Spin Labeling Data Can Help Identify Arterial Occlusion...

From the Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Martinique , Fort-de-France, Martinique . Correspondence to Alessandro Arrigo, PhD, MD, Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Martinique , BP 632, 97231 Fort-de-France, Martinique .

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St Lucia, Martinique discuss possible collaboration on cross-border crime

Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Dr Kenny Anthony , with French President Francois Hollande at last weekend's climate change summit in Martinique FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique -- Prime minister of Saint Lucia, Dr Kenny Anthony, met last week with France's President Francois Hollande, ahead of a climate change summit in Martinique, to discuss issues of mutual interest. The discussion focused on climate change mitigation, and cooperation efforts in combating crime.

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Caraibes A333 at Pointe a Pitre on May 16th 2015, problems with pressurization

An Air Caraibes Airbus A330-300, registration F-OONE performing flight TX-543 from Pointe a Pitre to Paris Orly , was in the initial climb out of Pointe a Pitre's runway 12 when the crew reported problems with the pressurization systems, stopped the climb at 4000 feet and returned to Pointe a Pitre for a safe landing on runway 12 about 25 minutes after departure. The aircraft had encountered a similiar problem on departure from Orly to Pointe a Pitre, see Incident: Caraibes A333 at Paris on May 16th 2015, problems with pressurization .

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France's Hollande arrives in Cuba on historic visit

French President Francois Hollande visits an exhibition at the Memorial ACTe, the Caribbean Centre of Expression and Memory of Slavery and the Slave Trade, in Pointe-a-Pitre on May 10, 2015 the National Day for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade in France. Francois Hollande is on a five-day visit to the Caribbean, including Martinique, Guadeloupe, Cuba and Haiti.

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Hollande declares Court of First Instance will open January 2016

President of the French Republic Francois Hollande made a number of sweeping announcements in his speech to the population of St. Martin at the end of his whirlwind visit to St. Martin last night. Among them were assurances that the social benefit would be reformed to be more adaptable for St. Martin with help given to pay off the Collectivite's debt.

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NOPD: 4 Males, 2 Females Vandalize St. Roch Market

The NOPD believes four males and two females were involved in vandalizing the St. Roch Market on Saint Claude Avenue early Friday and the department has released surveillance video it hopes will lead to the identification of those involved.

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Summit Caribbean Climate 2015: "the Fort-de-France Appeal"

Planet Earth is our common cradle. A shared Homeland. It is an indivisible ecosystem where national frontiers and vanities cannot overshadow a profound interdependence in which the excesses of some affect the security and the future of others.

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Aerial panorama of Martinique

Fort-de-France is located on Martinique's west coast at the mouth of the Madame river. The airplane was going to land at Lamentin airport.

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Guadeloupe to host fourth Congress of Caribbean Writers

PITRE, Guadeloupe -- The Regional Council of Guadeloupe, in collaboration with the Association of Caribbean Writers, is organising the fourth Congress of Caribbean Writers, from April 15 to 18, 2015, in Gosier, Guadeloupe. The guest of honour will be Guadeloupean novelist and poet, Daniel Maximin.

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"Sechilienne-Sidec SA (SECH) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis...

The company designs, finances, constructs and operates power plants. It generates power from renewable resources including, biomass, wind and solar.

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French replica frigate re-enacting sail that helped create U.S.

A handout photo taken on April 16, 2015 by the French customs off the French Caribbean island of Martinique, and released on April 18, shows the Silandra sailboat carrying cocaine escorted to Fort-de-France by two customs vessels after the boat's interception on April 15 in the night. French finance minister Michel Sapin announced on April 18 a record seizure on the boat of 2.25 tonnes of cocaine, worth 70 millions of euros.

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Martinique to host preparatory summit to United Nations conference on climate change

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here . The Caribbean is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels brought about by global warming.

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Cma CGM Upgrades Gulfbridge, Hispaniola Lines

To adapt the group's offer to its clients' demand, CMA CGM decided to improve its Gulfbridge service by decreasing its transit times to Colombia. 2,500 TEUs capacity vessels will call ports in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea and East and West South American coast calls through its Kingston transshipment.

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Florence Arthaud: Sailor who helped open up sailing for women and won ...

"I'm not happy unless I can go out to sea," said Arthaud. "Once you reach international waters, we're all equal."

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Minville family in crisis over domain land debacle

The Minville family of Sandy Ground is facing expulsion from their property. In addition, the Appeals Court of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, has condemned the family to pay large sums of money to SociA©tA© des HA tels CaraA bes for occupying the land.

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4 free things to do during the week of Feb. 23-March 1

Loial, a dancer and native of Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, blends Afro-Caribbean movements with contemporary aesthetics to perform an original piece in tribute to Sarah Baartman, a South African woman who was reduced to a sideshow attraction in 19th-century Europe. Monday at 6 p.m. Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 K St. NW.

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Police seek person of interest in Saint Claude Avenue murder

New Orleans Police have named a person of interest in the murder of a 45-year-old man. The incident occurred Saturday around 6:00 p.m. near the intersection of St. Claude Avenue and Pauger Street.

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How Sean 'Diddy' Combs Is Rebranding Vodka for Millennials

Sean Diddy Combs celebrate with their Circle of Friends at CIROC NYE in St Barthes hosted by Sean Diddy Combs on Dec. 31, 2014 in Gustavia, St Barthelemy. Attend any A-list event in New York this weekend - New York Fashion Week runway shows, NBA All Star Game parties - and you'll see something familiar: a cylindrical column of vodka that has made its way to nearly every event dominated by tastemakers.

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Getting to Martinique easier thanks to improved service from the US, Canada and Puerto Rico

With American Airlines improved direct service from Miami, Martinique is getting now more and more accessible to travelers from the US mainland. This winter, American Airlines operates a midweek flight on Wednesdays from Miami, in addition to pre-existing weekly nonstop service, which operates on Saturdays.

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