Caribbean Travel News
Clouds gather over Wyclef Jean's Haiti bid
7 Aug 2010 at 12:00am
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- Hip-hop superstar Wyclef Jean flew out of his native Haiti on Friday as clouds gathered over his outsider presidential bid announced barely 24 hours earlier. "I am leaving because of family obligations, but I will return in several weeks to enter the electoral campaign," he said.
Gay condemns Bolt to first defeat in two years
7 Aug 2010 at 12:00am
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- World record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt crashed to his first defeat in two years on Friday when America's Tyson Gay won their eagerly-awaited 100m clash at the Diamond League meeting. Gay clocked 9.84sec to edge Bolt, who was second in 9.97sec.
UN talks founder as climate impacts mount, say delegates
7 Aug 2010 at 12:00am
PARIS, France (AFP) -- UN climate talks tasked with curbing the threat of global warming are backsliding, delegates from both rich and developing nations said on Friday at the close of a week-long session in Bonn. Even as evidence mounts that deadly impacts are upon us, negotiators said.
Tropical Storm Colin heads towards Bermuda
7 Aug 2010 at 12:00am
MIAMI, USA (AFP) -- Tropical Storm Colin barreled towards Bermuda on Friday, with US forecasters saying the weather system could clip the island, or even pass directly over it, but was not likely to affect the US east coast. At 11:00 am local time the storm was about 380 miles south-southwest of Bermuda.
Players' chief calls for uniform referral system
7 Aug 2010 at 12:00am
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The chief of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations on Friday called for the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) to be applied throughout all Test series. The referral system is being used in a Test series in Britain for the first time during the current four-match campaign.
Sean Penn questions Wyclef Jean bid for Haitian presidency
7 Aug 2010 at 12:00am
LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP) -- Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn poured cold water on Wyclef Jean's bid for the Haitian presidency on Wednesday, questioning the motives of the musician and those backing his campaign. Penn has spent extended periods in Haiti since the devastating January 12 earthquake.
Castro autobiography describes rebel shaped by childhood
7 Aug 2010 at 12:00am
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's iconic former leader Fidel Castro says his childhood struggle against unjust authority turned him into a rebel and revolutionary, in extracts of his upcoming autobiography published online on Thursday by Cubadebate.com. "I wasn't born a politician, although as a young child...