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This May 1989 file photo shows General Manuel Antonio Noriega speaking to the press in Panama. A Paris court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega for laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years in prison, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Noriega already spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking and was extradited to France in April to stand trial on charges here. Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised with a suspected stroke Mon 6 Feb 2012
FORMER Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised for what officials have described as "hypertension with a possibility of a stroke". The... (photo: AP) The Australian
Crimes   Panama   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Manuel Noriega
Where do celebs holiday? Where do celebs holiday? Sun 5 Feb 2012
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetWhere do celebs holiday? (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) Hollywood celebs have flocked to popular holiday destination over the years. We reveal... (photo: WN / Marzena) The Times of India
Caribbean   Holiday   Hollywood   Photos   Wikipedia: Caribbean
In this photo released on Feb. 4, 2012 by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro holds two copies of his book 'Guerrillero del Tiempo,' or 'Time Warrior' during its presentation in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Fidel Castro presents his memoirs -- "Time Guerrilla" Sun 5 Feb 2012
Cuban leader Fidel Castro presented two volumes of his memoir entitled "Time Guerrilla" in a ceremony that marked his first public appearance since last April, Cuban... (photo: AP / Cubadebate, Roberto Chile) Jakarta Globe
Caribbean   Cuba   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Fidel Castro
In this photo released on Feb. 4, 2012 by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro speaks during the presentation of his book 'Guerrillero del Tiempo,' or 'Time Warrior' in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 Fidel Castro presents 2-volume memoir Sun 5 Feb 2012
Havana: Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention centre, state media said on Saturday. It was a rare appearance... (photo: AP / Cubadebate, Roberto Chile) Zeenews
Caribbean   Cuba   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro launches memoirs Sat 4 Feb 2012
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs. The book, Guerrilla of Time, is almost 1,000 pages long and relates his... (photo: Creative Commons / Antônio Milena/ABr) BBC News
Castro   Cuba   Culture   Photos   Wikipedia: Fidel Castro
Passenger goes overboard on gay cruise Passenger goes overboard on gay cruise Fri 3 Feb 2012
The Washington Post and Los Angeles' KABC-TV, are reporting that a passenger on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas cruise ship has fallen overboard. According to... (photo: WN / Marzena) The Examiner
Caribbean   Cruise   Passenger   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Cruise ship
Pepsi cola fridge Pepsi plans big surprise for Youth View Awards Thu 2 Feb 2012
Garfene Grandison, Gleaner Writer Pepsi Jamaica, sponsors of the Youth View Awards for the last four years, is embarking on a number of initiatives to treat fans of the... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Gleaner
Awards   Jamaica   Photos   Wikipedia/Pepsi   Years
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) wave at the cruise ship Arcadia as it passes. Princess Cruises offers up summer sales for Europe and Alaska Wed 1 Feb 2012
Princess Cruises today began offering deals on cruises this year to Europe and Alaska with what they dub the Sizzlin' Summer sale. Here's the deal: The sale runs today... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Farrington) Daily Press
Alaska   Cruises   Europe   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Cruise ship
Swine Flu Swine flu spikes in Mexico after hiatus, but government says cases are within normal range Wed 1 Feb 2012
MEXICO CITYSwine flu is back in Mexico, the epicenter of a world pandemic three years ago that panicked people around the globe. The country registered more... (photo: Creative Commons / NewsHour) The Washington Post
Disease   Health   Mexico   Photos
Air Jamaica Air Jamaica pulls out of Miami Tue 31 Jan 2012
Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer WESTERN BUREAU: Less than two months after returning to Miami, Florida, Air Jamaica is pulling out of that gateway again. Today is... (photo: Creative Commons / caribb) The Gleaner
Airlines   Industry   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Air Jamaica
Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby-Doc" Duvalier, center, waves to the media upon his arrival to the Toussaint Louverture international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Jan. 16, 2011. Rights groups blast Haiti judge on Duvalier case Tue 31 Jan 2012
TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press= PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Human rights groups harshly criticized a Haitian judge Monday after he recommended former dictator... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa) The Guardian
Corruption   Haiti   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Jean-Claude Duvalier
Former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier waves to supporters from the balcony of a rented guest house where he is staying in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday Jan. 21, 2011. Haiti's Duvalier faces trial for corruption, not abuses Mon 30 Jan 2012
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Former Haitian dictator Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier will face trial for corruption during his 15-year rule, but not for human rights... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa) The Star
Corruption   Haiti   Photos   Trial   Wikipedia: Jean-Claude Duvalier
Cuba's President Raul Castro speaks during the closing ceremony of the second annual session of Cuba's National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Cuba's National Assembly meets in full session twice a year to approve laws and discuss national issues. Raul Castro defends Cuba's one-party system Mon 30 Jan 2012
Cuban President Raul Castro has defended the one-party system in a speech at the conference of the ruling Communist Party. Gen Castro said allowing other political... (photo: AP / Franklin Reyes) BBC News
Cuba   Democracy   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Raúl Castro
File - Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Council of State and of the Council of Ministers of Cuba and current Chairman of the non-aligned States, paid a visit to United Nations Headquarters today and addressed the General Assembly, 12 October, 1979. Made in the world Sun 29 Jan 2012
The Associated Press reported last week that Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba, wrote an opinion piece on a Cuban website, following a Republican Party... (photo: UN / Saw Lim) Deccan Chronicle
Cuba   Florida   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Republican Party presidential candidates, 2012
American Airlines Deals: American Airlines cuts Caribbean fares Sun 29 Jan 2012
A sampling of this week's top travel deals: SKI The Windham Hill Inn, a Relais & Chateaux property in southern Vermont, has an upscale stay-and-ski... (photo: Creative Commons / Eluveitie) Newsday
Photos   Airlines   Caribbean   Transport   Wikipedia: American Airlines
A lamp post at night. Can Jamaica reduce electricity costs? Sun 29 Jan 2012
Winston Hay, Guest Columnist Going forward, Government has identified liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the preferred substitute for oil as the primary fuel for generating... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) The Gleaner
Electricity   Fuel   Generating   Jamaica   Photos   Wikipedia: Jamaica
Plunging into paradise at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort Plunging into paradise at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort Sun 29 Jan 2012
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas • My daughter circled the sun, bobbing around the yellow mosaic tile work at the bottom of the pool. Everywhere in the Royal Baths, the water was... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska) STL Today
Bahamas   Island   New Zealand   Photos   Water
Fidel Castro speaks during a special session of parliament in his first official government appearance in front of lawmakers in four years in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 7, 2010. Fidel Castro writes again after long break Fri 27 Jan 2012
MIAMI — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has returned to writing with a vengeance, publishing five columns since Jan. 5 and after a seven-week break that triggered... (photo: AP / Javier Galeano) Boston Herald
Cuba   Health   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Fidel Castro
Nissan - Automaker - Carmaker - Motors Nissan to build new $2 bn plant in Mexico Fri 27 Jan 2012
Mexico City: Nissan Motor Co. announced plans to invest $2 billion in building a third manufacturing facility in Mexico. The new plant in the central state of... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Zeenews
Auto   Mexico   Motor   Photos
A man with two children sits in the rubble of the earthquake damaged Cathedral during a mass in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Scientists: Haiti, DR, brace for future big quakes Fri 27 Jan 2012
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A U.S. scientist says Haiti and the Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes following the 2010... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa) The Guardian
Earthquake   Haiti   Photos   Scientists   Wikipedia: 2010 Haiti earthquake