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Commonwealth reaffirms relevance (BBC)


BBC Caribbean News in Brief

Barbados' PM says financial crisis is one of greatest challenges, Guyana bauxite company shuts - and more. (BBC)


Aussies and Windies hit by injury (BBC)


Australia hammer Windies (BBC)


Windies 'down under' (BBC)


New HIV advice (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)


Chinese football, a source of shame for its fans for years

Beijing, Nov 30: In spite of conquering every sport played the world over, China's performance in football has been a source of shame for its fans for years, with the national team dangling between Cuba and Albania to be ranked 97th in the world. (caribbeanherald.com)


After quarrel with other artiste ... DEEJAY SHOOTS TWO AT SHOW

Police are hunting for a deejay, following the shooting of two people at a stage show at the Greater Portmore High School, St Catherine on Saturday night.Patrons attending the event, had to run for co... (caribbeanherald.com)


GUNMEN, POLICE CLASH IN MOBAY - Cops pinned down in fierce gun battle

Noel Thompson, Star Writer WESTERN BUREAU Sections of Montego Bay were tense up to late last evening when strong police/military teams came under heavy gunfire, trading shots with marauding gunmen.T... (caribbeanherald.com)


Man killed in domestic dispute

A 34-year-old man was stabbed to death during a domestic dispute with his 18-year-old girlfriend at his home at Upper King Street in Montego Bay, St. James yesterday morning. (caribbeanherald.com)


Residents beat gunman to death

One of three gunmen, who held up and robbed patrons at a bar, was mobbed and killed by residents at Mount Prospect, Mandeville, Manchester on Saturday night. (caribbeanherald.com)


Ganja found in warder's crotch

He has been identified as Justine Turner, 28-year-old, of Spanish Town, St Catherine. Reports from the police are that about 2:20 p.m.,Turner was at work when he was searched by his superiors. During... (caribbeanherald.com)


Murder suspect taken into custody

The man in custody has been identified as 23-year-old Tavier Edwards, also from St Johns Road. Reports from the police are that about 2:20 p.m. yesterday, a police operation was carried out in the co... (caribbeanherald.com)


Pictures released of Tiger Woods' accident

This photo taken Nov. 27, 2009 and provided by the celebrity Web site TMZ.com shows a Cadillac Escalade that Tiger Woods crashed into a tree outside his home in Windermere. (caribbeanherald.com)


A woman's fight to remove scar of abuse, inside and out

The man Laineda Dumerjean once loved thrust a knife in her chest that left a scar she couldn't ignore. But the damage he did runs more than skin deep. (caribbeanherald.com)


Pilot survives crash-landing into the ocean

Hillsboro Beach , authorities said. The pilot, who was alone in the Cessna 150, was uninjured, said Kathleen Bergen of the Federal Aviation Administration. His name was not released. The FAA is inv... (caribbeanherald.com)


Aussies and Windies hit by injury

West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour of Australia because of injuries to his left hip and back.The 25-year-old bowled only nine overs on the opening da... (caribbeanherald.com)


Wheelchair causes Disney ruckus for S. Fla. mayor

North Miami Beach Mayor Myron Rosner, a paraplegic, has a fancy, high-tech wheelchair that allows him to elevate on two wheels. But two wheels are too few for Disney. On Sunday, security guards at ... (caribbeanherald.com)


12 Days of Christmas items' cost would top $87K

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Making one's true love happy will cost a whopping $87,403 this year, a minuscule increase from last year, according to the latest cost analysis of the items in the carol "The T... (caribbeanherald.com)


Driver trapped after crash with school bus

Firefighters are working to pull out a driver trapped in an SUV after it crashed into a school bus on Taft Street and North 56th Avenue, authorities said.The driver will be taken to Memorial Regional ... (caribbeanherald.com)


Beverage Plus Announces Distribution in Bahamas, Bermuda and Turks and Caicos

3FC.de ) are pleased to announce they have entered into an agreement for distribution of their products for the entry of the MC2 Energy Drink and various other beverages in the Bahamas, Bermuda and... (caribbeanherald.com)


Interpol joins hunt for Dominican Republic’s most wanted fugitive

Santo Domingo.- The hunt for Sobeida Feliz, implicated in the confiscation of US$4.6 million allegedly produced with drug trafficking, expanded to other countries after the authorities asked Interpol ... (caribbeanherald.com)


Beverage Plus Announces Distribution in Bahamas, Bermuda and Turks and Caicos

LAS VEGAS, NV -- 11/30/09 -- Beverage Plus Holdings Corporation (PINKSHEETS: CLNP) and FCBBI AG (FRANKFURT: 3FC.de) are pleased to announce they have entered into an agreement for distribution of t... (caribbeanherald.com)


Plane crashes off Hillsboro Beach; minor injuries to pilot

Hillsboro Beach in North Broward. The man was not immediately identified by the Broward Sheriff's Office or the Federal Aviation Administration. No one else was aboard the plane, BSO said. Accor... (caribbeanherald.com)


Italian chef missing at sea on Caribbean cruise

Colombian maritime authorities searched Sunday for an Italian chef believed to have gone overboard from a U.S. cruise ship off Colombia's Caribbean coast, officials and the man's family said.Angelo Fa... (caribbeanherald.com)


Ricky Nelson Remembered Tour Coming to Oasis of the Seas -- Nelsons to Headline Royal Caribbean’s Dec 5th Inaugural Sailing

Celebrity entertainers The Nelson Brothers announced The Ricky Nelson Remembered Tour starring Matthew & Gunnar Nelson will be headlining onboard Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the... (caribbeanherald.com)