Antigua and Barbuda police Monday charged a man and a teenager with the murder of Benjamin and Catherine Mullany, the British couple who were killed while on honeymoon.

Police say the men, whose names have not been disclosed, were among eight persons held for questioning last week.
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GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: Detectives from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) on Wednesday, July 16 arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of theft, false accounting and uttering false documents. The arrest comes as part of investigations into the collapse of the ‘Grand Island Fund’.
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After weeks of speculating over which international acts will be performing, for the generally vibrant Montego Bay crowd; Grammy winning Hip-Hop entertainer T-Pain has been added to the versatile lineup for Reggae Sumfest 200…

Tired of the generic sound of music played constantly on the radio, T-Pain was inspired to create an album that would combine the likes of both Hip-Hop and R&B; the result, the smash hit singles “I’m Sprung” and the lyrically creative track “I’m In Love with a Stripper”. Released from the album “Rappa Ternt Sanga”, I’m Sprung” peaked at number eight on the Billboard Top 100 Charts, helping the newly acclaimed solo artist sell over 800,000 copies of his work.
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ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Newly-installed Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has disclosed key aspects of his cabinet, ahead of this weekend’s expected formal announcement. In a television interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) on Wednesday night, Thomas, whose National Democratic Congress (NDC) swept the incumbent New National Party from office in Tuesday’s general election, said he had already identified persons to fill positions in his new administration.
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A Jamaican national, who United States authorities said committed one of the most heinous crimes in recent history, has been captured by authorities in his home country. The US Marshals Department of Justice website revealed that David James Clarke, 26, who was in April added to their ‘15 Most Wanted Fugitive’ list for his alleged participation in the June 2007 murders of a young South Florida couple, was held on Wednesday. He is being kept at a high-security facility in Kingston until his extradition to face first-degree murder charges.
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NEW YORK, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says the Second Annual Conference on the Caribbean will open up doors for further dialogue and concrete initiatives, spurring regional economic growth. In delivering the keynote address Thursday at the launch of ‘The New York Conference on the Caribbean Community: A 20/20 Vision Continued’, the Antiguan leader said “the moment is opportune” for the region to engage in this “interface with existing and prospective investment and trade partners”.
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Cuban state television has broadcast the first video in five months of the country’s former leader, Fidel Castro. The pictures of Mr Castro are the first since he relinquished power to Raul in February. He has not been seen in public since falling ill in July 2006. The silent footage shows Mr Castro at a meeting in Havana on Monday with his younger brother, President Raul Castro, and Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez. Mr Chavez said he had discussed issues such as the food and energy crises.
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The Dominica government announced on Monday a change in its traditional pro-whaling voting position and said it would abstain on a vote for the sustainable use of marine resources at the 60th International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile, later this month. Dominica, St Lucia, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines have traditionally voted alongside Japan in favor of commercial whaling but Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said his cabinet had taken a decision not to support Japan at the June 23 meeting. Skerrit said he did not expect assistance from Japan to be reduced as a result of the new position “because there is mutual respect”.

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