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Commonwealth targets climate change

UK and France propose multi-billion-dollar fund to help developing nations deal with climate change. (BBC)


BBC Caribbean News in Brief

Warning that St Lucia's government in running out of money, bauxite workers fired in Guyana - and more. (BBC)


Rich called on to help Amazon (BBC)


Seeking summit business deals

Caricom countries have been wooing potential investors at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Trinidad. (BBC)


Windies 'down under' (BBC)


Missing funds (BBC)


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If we must die

How Churchill appropriated Claude Mackay's seminal poem (BBC)


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HIV infections fall (BBC)


6 countries to display posters at Cuban film festival

Havana, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will be leading with eight cinematographic posters of a never-forgotten style during the Havana film festival which will have 17 posters on display from a total of six participating countries, a report said. (caribbeanherald.com)


Online novel details struggle for press freedom in Cuba

Madrid, Nov 28 (EFE) Exiled Cuban author and journalist Julio San Francisco documents the struggle for press freedom in his homeland in 'Prensa Gulag', an online novel that the co-founder of an independent news agency on the island has been working on for much of his life. (caribbeanherald.com)


Attend Copenhagen summit, Sarkozy requests Manmohan

Port-of-Spain, Nov 28 (IANS) French President Nicholas Sarkozy has requested the Indian prime minister to attend the forthcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen and Manmohan Singh has assured him at the ongoing Commonwealth meet at this Trinidad and Tobago capital that he would discuss the proposal with his cabinet colleagues. (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

Cuba's acting President Raul Castro speaks to a crowd in Havana's Revolution Square during the parade to mark the 50th anniversary celebration of the forming of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces Decem... (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

Cuba's acting President Raul Castro speaks to a crowd in Havana's Revolution Square during the parade to mark the 50th anniversary celebration of the forming of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces Decem... (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

Raul Castro toured military installations and met with his armed forces high command during three days of extensive war games, saying his forces' preparedness inspires more respect than possession of ... (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

HAVANA—Raul Castro toured military installations and met with his armed forces high command during three days of extensive war games, saying his forces' preparedness inspires more respect than p... (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

HAVANA (AP) - Raul Castro toured military installations and met with his armed forces high command during three days of extensive war games, saying his forces' preparedness inspires more respect than ... (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

HAVANA — Raul Castro toured military installations and met with his armed forces high command during three days of extensive war games, saying his forces' preparedness inspires more respect than... (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

HAVANA -- Raul Castro toured military installations and met with his armed forces high command during three days of extensive war games, saying his forces' preparedness inspires more respect than pos... (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

HAVANA -- Raul Castro toured military installations and met with his armed forces high command during three days of extensive war games, saying his forces' preparedness inspires more respect than pos... (caribbeanherald.com)


Raul Castro praises Cuban army as well prepared

By PAUL HAVENAssociated Press Writer HAVANA (AP) - Raul Castro toured military installations and met with his armed forces high command during three days of extensive war games, saying his forces&#39... (caribbeanherald.com)


RECESSION HITS XMAS SHOPPERS

As the happiest time of year draws near, Jamaicans are thinking of ways to cut down on spending while still enjoying the Yuletide season.The economic meltdown, which has changed the lives of many Jama... (caribbeanherald.com)


Coconut thief to get psychiatric evaluation

Charged with praedial larceny is Cleon Clarke. The allegations are that on November 25, Clarke went into the complainant's yard and picked 30 coconuts from his tree and put them in a bag. The complai... (caribbeanherald.com)


Man bites son to be sentenced

A man accused of biting his 16-year-old son on the shoulder will be sentenced on January 13 when the results of a social-enquiry report are brought before the court. (caribbeanherald.com)


Double murder at bar

Two men of Mannings Hill Road addresses in St Andrew last evening became the latest statistics to be added to the country's mounting murder tally after they were gunned down at a bar in the area last ... (caribbeanherald.com)


Portmore twinned with Floridian city

Rasbert Turner, Star Writer The twinning of Portmore and the city of Lakeland, Florida, is set to bring positive changes to the Portmore Municipal Council, which has already received equipment and ot... (caribbeanherald.com)


Tech-savvy shoppers follow phones to find right gifts at right prices

Not only were Black Friday shoppers buying technology, but they also were using it to make the day a little less hectic. Across Palm Beach and Broward counties, retail customers used their smart ph... (caribbeanherald.com)


Spain wants EU-Cuba agreement in first half of 2010

(BRUSSELS) - Spain will seek to establish a new bilateral agreement on EU-Cuba ties, including human rights, in the first half of 2010 when it will hold the EU's rotating presidency, its foreign minis... (caribbeanherald.com)


Questions surround Woods' car accident; wife freed golfer

Tiger Woods acknowledges the crowd as he approaches the 18th green in the final round of the 2009 Australian Masters at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne. (caribbeanherald.com)


Robbers invade Boynton home, pistol-whip residents

Two robbers knocked on a door about 1 a.m. Saturday and forced their way in, armed with handguns, police said. When the victims opened the door in the 100 block of Northeast Fourth Avenue, the robb... (caribbeanherald.com)