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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Antigua And Barbuda</title>
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		<title>Antiguan panel says it has voted to strip knighthood from disgraced Texas financier Stanford</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Kentish</dc:creator>
		
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Knight&#8217;s out: Stanford no longer &#8217;sir&#8217; in Antigua

ST. JOHN&#8217;S, Antigua — Disgraced Texas financier R. Allen Stanford is being stripped of his knighthood in the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda, the head of the government panel that approves the awards said Monday.
The National Honors Committee voted unanimously to revoke Stanford&#8217;s title for embarrassing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas financier Stanford to be moved from lockup where he got into fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan A. Lozano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford will be moved from the lockup where he got into a jail fight that resulted in him being hospitalized for a concussion.

But U.S. District Judge David Hittner&#8217;s order, issued Friday and made public Monday, doesn&#8217;t seem to be connected to Stanford&#8217;s Thursday fight with another inmate.
Hittner ordered Stanford, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge appoints federal public defender to represent Stanford after attorney withdraws</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford wanted former White House political adviser Karl Rove&#8217;s attorney to represent him against charges he bilked investors out of $7 billion.

But instead he&#8217;s getting a public defender.
During a brief court hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge David Hittner appointed the federal public defender office in Houston to represent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 US tourists charged in Antigua blame plainclothes cops for brawl over disputed cab fare</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Laster</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A group of New York tourists said Tuesday that a brawl they blame on plainclothes police officers in Antigua has turned their Caribbean holiday into a nightmare.

An Antiguan lawyer for the six tourists from Brooklyn — who were charged with assault after refusing to pay a cab fare they thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxi tussle: 6 US tourists charged with assault in Antigua after scuffle over cab fare</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&#8217;S, Antigua — Six American tourists in Antigua were charged with assault and malicious damage after refusing to pay a cab fare they thought was excessive and later scuffling with police officers.

The defendants — Shoshannah and Rachel Henry, Nancy and Dolores Lalane, Mike Tierre and Joshua Jackson — were released on $5,000 bail each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caribbean cracks down on illegal immigration as jobs dry up in tourism-based economies</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/caribbean-cracks-down-on-illegal-immigration-as-jobs-dry-up-in-tourism-based-economies-160399/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Melia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico — First, riot police raided the slum with batons and pepper spray. Then authorities shut off the water and electricity. With an eviction order pending in the courts, police stand sentry outside the shacks belonging mostly to Dominican migrants.

The Puerto Rican government says it&#8217;s trying to clear a dangerous flood zone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Jimena makes landfall on Baja California after brushing past southern resorts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hurricane-jimena-makes-landfall-on-baja-california-after-brushing-past-southern-resorts-157985/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS CABOS, Mexico — Hurricane Jimena weakened into a tropical storm Wednesday as it plowed over Baja California, tearing off roofs, knocking down power poles and bringing welcome rainfall to a drought-stricken state.

The storm made landfall Wednesday afternoon between Puerto San Andresito and San Jaunico, a sparsely populated area of fishing villages on the Pacific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Stanford exec plea deal reveals new details about alleged $7 billion fraud</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-stanford-exec-plea-deal-reveals-new-details-about-alleged-7-billion-fraud-151715/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan A. Lozano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — The former finance chief for jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford said his boss created a business empire where blood oaths were taken to secure loyalty, bribes were paid from a secret Swiss bank account and investor profits were more fiction than financial genius.

New details about how Stanford allegedly bilked investors out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical storm warning set for northern Gulf Coast of Fla.; depression to bring rain to area</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — A tropical storm warning was issued Sunday for the Florida Panhandle as a newly formed depression swirled off the coast and threatened to bring rain and possible flooding to the area.

The warning was issued for areas east of the Alabama state line to the Suwanee River. Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Mr. President: Antigua&#8217;s gift is to rename highest peak &#8220;Mount Obama&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&#8217;S, Antigua — The highest peak on the Caribbean island of Antigua has a new name: Mount Obama.

Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer presided over a ceremony re-christening the peak on the American president&#8217;s birthday.
The mountain rises some 1,300 feet (395 meters) above the sea and had been known as Boggy Peak. Spencer said Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man tapped to replace disgraced Antigua regulator steps aside to avoid conflict of interest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST JOHN&#8217;S, Antigua — The man appointed to replace Antigua&#8217;s disgraced financial regulator is stepping aside to avoid a possible conflict of interest.

Everett Christian was tapped for the job last week, after officials fired his predecessor Leroy King for alleged ties to a $7 billion Ponzi scheme by Texas businessman R. Allen Stanford.
Christian says his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge sides with prosecutors, revokes Texas financier R. Allen Stanford&#8217;s bond</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford could spend up to the next year in jail awaiting his trial on charges he allegedly swindled investors out of $7 billion.

In a written order, U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled Tuesday that Stanford is a &#8220;serious flight risk&#8221; and granted a request by prosecutors to reverse a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorneys await judge&#8217;s decision on whether Texas financier Stanford&#8217;s bond will be revoked</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan A. Lozano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Attorneys for Texas financier R. Allen Stanford are hoping a federal judge will side with them and allow their client to be free on bond while he awaits trial on charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion.

Prosecutors want U.S. District Judge David Hittner to revoke Stanford&#8217;s $500,000 bond and keep him in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decision on whether judge will revoke Texas financier Stanford&#8217;s bond to come Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan A. Lozano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford will spend at least one more night in jail after a federal judge said he won&#8217;t decide until Tuesday whether to free the once highflying businessman on bond while he awaits trial on charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion.

U.S. District Judge David Hittner heard about four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge delays Texas financier R. Allen Stanford&#8217;s release on bond</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan A. Lozano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, facing trial on charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion, will spend the weekend behind bars after a federal judge Friday ruled to delay his release on bond.

U.S. District Judge David Hittner granted a prosecution request to delay a magistrate&#8217;s order granting Stanford a $500,000 bond. Prosecutors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense attorney asks judge to uphold bond decision for Texas billionaire Stanford</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Defense attorneys are opposing a prosecutors&#8217; request to delay an order letting Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford post a bond that would free him until he is tried on charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion.

In a written motion responding to a prosecution motion, defense attorney Dick DeGuerin asked U.S. District Judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors appeal order that would free accused swindler Stanford on bond pending trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan A. Lozano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to delay an order allowing Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford to post bond that would free him until he is tried on charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion.

In a written motion, the prosecutors asked that Stanford not be released until U.S. District Judge David Hittner [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to delay an order allowing Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford to post bond that would free him until he is tried on charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion.

In a motion filed Friday, prosecutors asked for a delay of a magistrate judge&#8217;s order a day earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former financial regulator accused in alleged Stanford fraud scheme posts bond in Antigua</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&#8217;S, Antigua — A lawyer for the former Antiguan financial regulator who is accused in the alleged $7 billion swindle by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford says his client has been released on bond.

Leroy King is now under house arrest as the Caribbean island processes a request for his extradition to the United States.
Attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antigua&#8217;s former top financial regulator surrenders in alleged Stanford swindle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&#8217;S, Antigua — Antigua&#8217;s former chief financial regulator surrendered Thursday to face U.S. charges that he aided an alleged $7 billion swindle by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, government officials said.

Leroy King, who will now face extradition proceedings, was taken into custody by island police, according to Anthony Armstrong, the director of public prosecutions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indicted Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford pleads not guilty to fraud charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan A. Lozano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford has pleaded not guilty to charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion as part of a massive investment scam.

Stanford entered his plea during his arraignment Thursday in federal court in Houston. The financier was indicted last week by a grand jury on charges that his international banking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official says Antigua&#8217;s former top financial regulator surrenders in alleged Stanford swindle</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. JOHN&#8217;S, Antigua — Antigua&#8217;s former chief financial regulator surrendered Thursday to face U.S. charges that he aided an alleged $7 billion swindle by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, according to a government official.

Leroy King, who will now face extradition proceedings, was taken into custody by island authorities, according to the official, who spoke on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handcuffs, leg chains for Stanford arriving at court in Houston in fraud, conspiracy case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Billionaire R. Allen Stanford arrived at a federal courthouse Thursday wearing handcuffs and leg chains as he faces charges of fraud and conspiracy related to allegations that he swindled investors out of $7 billion in an elaborate Ponzi scheme.

Stanford, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and dark slip-on shoes, was the last inmate off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire R. Allen Stanford indicted, jailed in alleged $7 billion fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devlin Barrett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Brash Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford has been jailed on charges his international banking empire was really just a Ponzi scheme built on lies, bluster and bribery.

The Justice Department announced Friday charges against Stanford and six others who allegedly helped the tycoon run a $7 billion swindle. At a court hearing in Richmond, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal indictment accuses billionaire R. Allen Stanford of running a vast Ponzi scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devlin Barrett</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-indictment-accuses-billionaire-r-allen-stanford-of-running-a-vast-ponzi-scheme-86860/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, whose sprawling banking empire collapsed this year, has been indicted for what prosecutors say is a $7 billion scheme to defraud investors.

Justice Department officials planned to announce the charges against Stanford, who ran Stanford Financial Group, and six others at a news conference Friday. Also indicted were three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a steal! Furniture, art from disgraced financier Allen Stanford&#8217;s Fla. office up for sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Lush</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/what-a-steal-furniture-art-from-disgraced-financier-allen-stanfords-fla-office-up-for-sale-81986/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sal Lazzara needed some new office furniture. Thanks to a flamboyant financier&#8217;s downfall, he found a matching set with an infamous pedigree.

For $1,500, the Boca Raton restaurateur bought a maroon leather chair, a cherry-wood desk and a credenza — all once owned by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, whom the Securities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somali pirates seize German ship in Gulf of Aden, taking hostage 10 Romanian crew</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katharine Houreld</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates hijacked a German cargo ship carrying 10 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, the latest seizure by high-seas bandits who are holding hundreds of merchant mariners hostage, officials said Wednesday.

The German-owned ship, the MV Victoria, was captured Tuesday afternoon 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Yemen, said Lt. Nate [...]]]></description>
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