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Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:02:18 -0400

GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad - Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto the sand.

New board to oversee Trinidad's Caribbean Airlines

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:41:06 -0400

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 million.

State visits amplify Obama focus on Latin America

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:11:32 -0400

WASHINGTON - Keeping a keen eye south of the border, the Obama administration is intensifying its engagement with Latin America, hosting leaders from a pair of presidents at the White House and sending Vice President Joe Biden to visit two others.

Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:05:37 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim - she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to.

Official: 2010 raid in Jamaica killed 76 civilians

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:15:47 -0400

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Jamaica's public defender has delivered an interim report into a deadly 2010 raid by security forces to catch a gang boss that he says killed 76 civilians and one soldier.

Australia defends funding grant to Trinidad

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:46:26 -0400

BRISBANE, Australia - The Australian football federation has defended a decision to fund a stadium upgrade in Trinidad, highlighted in a damaging ethics report into former FIFA powerbroker Jack Warner, saying it was fulfilling its mandatory requirements in the World Cup bidding process.