Dozens Stranded at
Piarco Airport In Trinidad
Published August 18th 2003
By Ucil cambridge and Curtis
Rampersad
A number of BWIA passengers have been
stranded at the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad since
Thursday, August 14th when the power went out in New York and
Toronto, and they have been told that the airline has no
responsibility for them.
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Dictator Idi Amin Dies
Published August 16th
Former Ugandan dictator Idi
Amin has died of multiple organ failure in hospital in Saudi
Arabia. Amin, who was variously described as 78 or 80
years old, had been in a coma at King Faisal Specialist Hospital
in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah since 18 July. Read
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Bodies Of Two
Teens Found In Shallow Grave
Published August 16th
The
partially decomposed bodies of two teenagers were unearthed from
a shallow grave in the inner city community of Canterbury, St
James on Friday, August 15th.
The police,
armed with shovels, slowly uncovered the bodies of Franklin
"Junior" Clarke, 18, of Salt Spring in St James and Ricardo
"Dane" Reid, 17, of Blood Lane.....Read
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Trial Postponed
For Sniper Suspects
Published August
15th 2003
With the upcoming federal trials of
Washington DC sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd
Malvo taking shape next month, the pressure is growing in
Antigua.
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Flight From
Jamaica Forced To Return Due To Blackout
Published August
15th 2003
AN Air Canada plane
carrying 200 passengers bound for Toronto, among them Jamaican
farm workers, was forced to return to the Norman Manley
International airport in Kingston on Thursday...Read More
US
Embassy Cancels Visas For Link Show Artistes
Published August
13th 2003
By Kim Lucas
The United States Embassy on Monday, August 11th cancelled
visas for some Link Show artistes traveling to New York amid
allegations that Producer Ron Robinson was a part of an alien
smuggling ring. Read More
Haitian Man
Wins Florida Lotto
Published August
12th 2003
A
man from Haiti claimed his half of a $80.9 million Lotto
jackpot on Monday, August 11th saying
he bought the winning ticket the first time he ever played the
Florida Lottery. Read More
LESLIE “Tiger” Stewart, Trinidad and Tobago’s former
world boxing champion, is now in jail in New York, serving a
five-year prison term for stabbing his lover.
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