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9/28/2004 || J'CAN-BORN JOHNSON HAMMERS JONES JR TO RETAIN TITL... 0 MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) - Glen Johnson and Antonio Tarver were on stage together, joking about a unification fight for the light heavyweight title. As for Roy Jones Jr, considered by some the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, he was in the back of an ambulance headed to the hospital. Johnson...Read More >>>   9/28/2004 || EIGHTY PERCENT OF ALL CHURCHES DESTROYED IN GRENAD... 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Christians here are forced to worship in the open air or in alternative buildings as Hurricane Ivan did not spare the many places of worship on the island. Almost every church felt the wrath of Ivan; few were left with a roof while others are lying in pieces. In the case of ...Read More >>>   9/28/2004 || GRENADA'S BUSINESS ORGANISATION EXPRESSES CONCERN 0 ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Almost four weeks after the passage of Hurricane Ivan the Terrible over this island Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has yet to meet personally with the business sector umbrella body. The Grenada Chamber of Industry and Commerce had asked for a meeting with the Grenadian lea...Read More >>>   9/28/2004 || REGGAE SUPPORTERS PROTEST UK GAY LOBBY 0 A group of reggae music supporters will protest outside the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards in London because two reggae artists have been dropped from the list of nominees after accusations that their lyrics incited violence against homosexuals. The Black Music Council was formed specifical...Read More >>>   9/27/2004 || WELCOME RECEPTION PLANNED FOR VICTORIOUS WEST INDI... 0 ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - A welcome reception has been planned for members of the West Indies team that clinched the ICC Champions Trophy limited-overs cricket series in England on Saturday. In almost complete darkness, Ian Bradshaw square drove a delivery from Alex Wharf through backward point for f...Read More >>>   9/27/2004 || NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MAKES DONATION TO CARIBBEAN HU... 0 NEW YORK, N.Y., Mon. Sept. 27: New York City's billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg yesterday traveled to Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn to deliver just water to Caribbean victims of hurricanes. “This year’s hurricane season has left a trail of destruction across the Ca...Read More >>>   9/27/2004 || RELATIONS BETWEEN SECURITY FORCES AND GRENADIANS L... 0 ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada: Relations between the local security forces here and its citizens are at its lowest ebb ever, as police officers tear-gassed several villages on Thursday night leaving a young girl still hospitalised with a serious eye injury. Grenadians are upset that after authorities fail...Read More >>>   9/27/2004 || FOOD FOR SEX RAMPANT IN GRENADA 0 ST GEORGE'S, Grenada: Relief supplies sent to this hurricane stricken island are being used by some members of the security forces in what is now a lucrative sex trade. Reports from within the security forces are that food hampers are often removed from the relief supply center based at the Speci...Read More >>>   9/26/2004 || FEES UP AGAIN IN THE UK 0 Government to increase study costs for overseas students In another blow to immigrant campaign groups, the Government has announced plans to increase yet again the fees for students and work permit holders to extend their stay in the country, the second increase in just over a year. Internation...Read More >>>   9/26/2004 || WINDIES GO WILD AFTER DRAMATIC WIN 0 LONDON, England - West Indies claimed victory in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in the most dramatic circumstances, reaching their target of 218 with two wickets and seven balls to spare. Barbadian duo Courtney Browne and Ian Bradshaw gave their hurricane-swept fans back home something to ...Read More >>>   9/25/2004 || MITCHELL TO SAY NO TO GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY... 0 ST GEORGE’S, GRENADA: GRENADA’S PRIME MINISTER Dr Keith Mitchell is set to reject an opposition proposal for a national unity government in the wake of the island’s devastation by Hurricane Ivan. Government sources say Prime Minister Mitchell has already privately indicated that he will not acce...Read More >>>   9/25/2004 || UN PLEDGES BIG BUCKS FOR GRENADA 0 PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning says the United Nations (U.N.) has pledged US$25 million to the relief efforts in Grenada. In an interview with his Communications Department released there on Thursday night, Manning, who addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York yesterday, s...Read More >>>   9/25/2004 || GRENADA OPPOSITION WANTS CABINET ROLES 0 Grenada's opposition leader Tillman Thomas has been making his case for a joint government to help rebuild the country after hurricane Ivan. Mr Thomas wants Prime Minister Keith Mitchell to extend his cabinet to include opposition members of parliament. The Mitchell government holds a slim 8 t...Read More >>>   9/24/2004 || ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES DONATE OVER US$1.5 MILLION... 0 NEW YORK, NY (Sept. 21, 2004) – Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and Celebrity Cruises,which operate cruise services to several Caribbean states,have contributed over US$1,500,000 to Caribbean countries affected by hurricanes this season. The two lines are donating US$1,250,000.00 in cash to...Read More >>>   9/24/2004 || PAHO STEPS UP ITS MEDICAL SUPPORT IN GRENADA 0 September 20, 2004 (OPS)—The Pan American Health Organization in collaboration with the Division for International Development (DFID) is providing two emergency kits for 20,000 people, comprising a range of essential drugs and medical supplies, and disposables, as part of its hurricane relief effort...Read More >>>   9/24/2004 || HEALTH EXPERTS WARN OF EPIDEMIC IN HAITI 3 NEW YORK, N.Y., Fri. September 24: The focus in Haiti has now shifted somewhat from the dead to the living, as UNICEF aid workers last night expressed concern that an epidemic may add to the woes of a people weakened by days of hunger. The Haitian Civil Protection yesterday placed the death total...Read More >>>   9/24/2004 || PAHO AIDS RELIEF EFFORTS IN STORM-STRUCK CARIBBEAN 0 Washington, D.C., September 21, 2004 (PAHO)—Disaster experts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are working with other international and local agencies to carry out relief efforts in nine Caribbean countries affected by hurricanes and tropical storms that swept through the region in re...Read More >>>   9/24/2004 || THREE-MONTH BABY IS IVAN'S YOUNGEST VICTIM IN GREN... 0 ST GEORGE'S, GRENADA: A three-month-old baby girl was the youngest victim of Hurricane Ivan that pounded the island September 7, officials here report. In one of the saddest stories of the disaster caused by Ivan, the infant was found cuddled in the arm of a dead 77-year-old relative in the rubbl...Read More >>>   9/24/2004 || ZIGGY MARLEY, SEAN PAUL VOICE 'SHARK TALE' 0 ZIGGY MARLEY and Sean Paul will soon rub voices with Hollywood's finest actors in the film Shark Tale. The animated flick, which opens in the United States on October 1, will feature the two on the soundtrack, while Marley will also voice a character in the movie. Shark Tale is about the 'sea ...Read More >>>   9/24/2004 || CAYMAN WANTS WORKERS - VACANCIES MADE AVAILABLE AS... 0 THE GOVERNMENT of the Cayman Islands has temporarily relaxed work permit regulations in a bid to attract workers to fill vacancies created after some persons fled the country in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan. "Right now we don't want anymore people to leave, we want them to stay and help with t...Read More >>>   9/24/2004 || JAMAICA OFFERS TO HELP GRENADA 0 JAMAICA has offered to provide technical support to hurricane-ravaged Grenada in the area of emergency management. At the same time, Prime Minister P J Patterson has called for the strengthening of the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) and corresponding units within individ...Read More >>>   9/23/2004 || INSURERS GIVE IVAN PLEDGE 0 Insurance companies have given Grenadian property owners the assurance that they will pay out on claims brought as a result of Hurricane Ivan. Grenada’s trade commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago Dr Patrick Antoine, said the insurers have reported that they have not yet got many claims but expect ...Read More >>>   9/22/2004 || WEST INDIES DEMOLISH PAKISTAN 0 A buoyant West Indies side put their Test match misery behind them to reach the final of the Champions Trophy by demolishing Pakistan at the Rose Bowl. Allowed to bowl first, they hustled their opponents out for just 131, with Dwayne Bravo, Wavell Hinds and Corey Collymore all taking two wickets...Read More >>>   9/22/2004 || MITCHELL URGES DEEPER REGIONAL INTEGRATION 0 Grenada's prime minister has said that Hurricane Ivan could provide the impetus for the region to move toward deeper economic and political integration. Prime Minister Keith Mitchell told BBC Caribbean Radio that the cooperation among the region's leaders in helping Grenada in the aftermath of Iv...Read More >>>   9/22/2004 || UPBEAT WINDIES FACE PAKISTAN 0 The West Indies are confident ahead of their semi-final match in the ICC Champions Trophy against Pakistan in England on Wednesday. West Indies are at the end of a tour which, apart from a brief break at home after the Test series against England that has lasted three months. But they are in ...Read More >>>   9/22/2004 || GRENADA GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION AGREE ON REBUILDING 0 A Grenada trade official has said the opposition and the government have begun working together on the outlines of a reconstruction plan for Grenada after Hurricane Ivan. Dr Patrick Antoine also said that Caribbean Community (Caricom) Caricom leaders such as Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Pa...Read More >>>   9/22/2004 || CARIBBEAN AMERICAN CHAMBER PLEADS FOR MORE DONATIO... 0 NEW YORK, N.Y., Wed. Sept. 22: More than 600 boxes of water, food, medical supplies and clothing have so far been collected by The Caribbean-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., but the plea for more assistance remains as the islands devastated by Hurricane Ivan try to rebuild. Next W...Read More >>>   9/22/2004 || HAITI FACES MAJOR EMERGENCY AS FLOODS KILL MORE TH... 0 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Disaster relief crews battled Tuesday to get emergency aid to 170,000 people affected by floods that killed more than 700 in Haiti, a Caribbean nation that ranks among the world's poorest. As emergency operations gathered pace, officials feared the death toll would ri...Read More >>>   9/22/2004 || GRENADA TOURISM UPDATE 0 ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: On Tuesday, Brenda Hood, Minister of Tourism, gave the following statement and update regarding Hurricane Ivan’s effects on Grenada as the country begins to rebuild: "To our family and friends throughout the world - - the people of Grenada greatly appreciate all of the sup...Read More >>>     9/21/2004 || LUCIANS SING FOR GRENADA 0 St Lucia is backing an initiative to get regional artists to produce a CD which will be sold to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Ivan in Grenada. The idea to produce the CD started out as a casual chat among friends and St Lucian musician Sally Elwin told BBC Caribbean Radio that several ...Read More >>>