Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Monday | August 10, 2009
Typhoon terror
BEIJING (AP): A typhoon pummelled China's eastern coast yesterday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Officials rode bicycles to distribute food to residents trapped by rising waters... Read More...
Search continues after Hudson Bay collision
HOBOKEN, New Jersey (AP):Divers recovered a piece of a submerged helicopter and a fourth body yesterday as investigators searched the Hudson River for wreckage from the helicopter and a small plane that collided... Read More...
Clinton: Iran will reject nuke talks
WASHINGTON (AP): Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States has no illusions that Iran will accept overtures to return to negotiations about its nuclear programme and will not wait much longer for Tehran to respond... Read More...
Arctic waters warm after summer ice melts
TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories (AP): The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles of ice in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record low polar ice cap Read More...
Bank boss urges Carib leaders to rethink economic future
CASTRIES (CMC):
BRIEFS - More blasts in SpainGovernor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir Dwight Venner, has warned member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that it cannot be business as usual if the subregion is to achieve economic growth in the future... Read More...
MADRID (AP): Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded yesterday in downtown locations on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, causing no injuries, the government said. Police defused a third device found nearby.
One bomb exploded ... Read More...