Rebuffing Obama, House votes against bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees into USWASHINGTON — The House went on record Thursday against allowing detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to be transferred to the United States, even to face trial or to be jailed in maximum-security prisons. Bill Clinton cheers turnout by hundreds of international investors at Haiti conferencePORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bill Clinton applauded the large turnout at an investor conference in Haiti’s capital Thursday, calling it a sign of hope for economic growth and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation. NY Philharmonic postpones plans for Cuba tour, citing US travel restrictions for patronsNEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic is postponing a planned trip to Cuba, citing U.S. travel restrictions that prevent patrons from going on the historic journey to the communist country. US resists disclosure of classified material in resentencing in ‘Cuban Five’ spying caseMIAMI — The U.S. is resisting a judge’s order that could force disclosure of classified documents and other material sought by three men who are seeking reduced prison sentences for their 2001 convictions in a politically charged spying case. Bill Clinton joins hundreds of international businessmen at Haiti investment conferencePORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Bill Clinton headlined an investors’ conference Thursday in Haiti’s capital to promote economic growth and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Dominican Republic legislators debate allowing access to private property to reach beachesSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Legislators in the Dominican Republic are debating whether to allow residents access rights to private property so they can reach beaches, rivers and lakes. Jamaica’s government pledges to pay public school teachers $90 million in back wagesKINGSTON, Jamaica — The government of Jamaica has agreed to pay public school teachers more than $90 million in back wages over the next three years. Police in Puerto Rico report 3 teenage boys are found shot to death on basketball courtSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Police in Puerto Rico say three teenage boys have been found shot to death on a basketball court in a northern coastal town near the U.S. territory’s capital. Dominican soldiers, families to settle along border in bid to oust illegal Haitian migrantsSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Authorities plan to relocate soldiers and their families to border communities that are home to thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants and increasingly fewer Dominicans. Missing US diplomat triggers search of Curacao beaches, seafloorWILLEMSTAD, Curacao — Rescuers searching for a U.S. diplomat led sniffer dogs over beaches Wednesday as technicians prepared to comb the sea floor with a robotic device for traces of a vice consul who vanished on this Dutch Caribbean island last week. Visiting US diplomat met with Cuban dissidents amid high-level talks with government officialsHAVANA — A senior U.S. diplomat who traveled to Havana for the highest-level talks with Cuban officials in decades also met with opposition activists to discuss their political views, three dissidents and a State Department official said Wednesday. Travolta testifies that Bahamas medic threatened to claim actor was at fault in son’s deathNASSAU, Bahamas — John Travolta has told a court in the Bahamas that a local paramedic threatened to sell stories to the news media suggesting the movie star was at fault in the death of his 16-year-old son. DomRep police seize drug fugitive’s farm property teeming with ostriches, boars, other animalsSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Police raiding a Dominican Republic farm allegedly owned by a drug fugitive found a menagerie of exotic animals including ostriches and a wild boar. Costa Rica’s Arias warns Honduran elections won’t be recognized under interim governmentCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias on Tuesday commended the interim president of Honduras for saying he will reverse an emergency decree suspending civil liberties in his country. Suspected Colombian cocaine trafficker extradited from the Dominican Republic to USSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A Dominican official says an alleged Colombian cocaine trafficker arrested in the Dominican Republic has been extradited to the United States. Coast Guard crews call off search after locating 3 boaters near the BahamasLAKE WORTH, Fla. — Coast Guard officials in South Florida say three boaters reported missing on a trip from Lake Worth to the Bahamas have been located. Coast Guard crews say 3 boaters en route to the Bahamas reported missingLAKE WORTH, Fla. — Coast Guard officials in South Florida say a boat carrying three people went missing during a trip from Lake Worth to the Bahamas. Texas financier Stanford to be moved from lockup where he got into fightHOUSTON — 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. AP NewsBreak: US official held unannounced talks with Cubans, raising hopes for warming tiesNEW YORK — Three State Department officials say a senior American diplomat has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government. At UN, Cuba moderately conciliatory toward US; wants to hold talks on drugs, people smugglingUNITED NATIONS — Cuba is adopting a moderately conciliatory tone toward the U.S. at the United Nations General Assembly. Military list shows US task force has cleared about 75 Guantanamo prisoners for releaseSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — At least 75 Guantanamo detainees have been cleared for release by a task force sorting through the remaining prisoners as part of the Obama administration’s effort to shutter the jail, according to a list released Monday by the U.S. military. US agents raid housing projects in southern Puerto Rico with warrants for 73 drug suspectsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hundreds of U.S. and local agents swept into a town in southern Puerto Rico on Tuesday to break up violent drug rings accused of operating out of several public housing projects. Cuba says it has failed to pay farmers on time, a key aspect of agriculture reform planHAVANA — Cuba on Monday acknowledged a failure to pay cash-strapped farmers on time and said some local officials lied to cover up the problem — a blunt admission from the communist government that crucial agriculture reforms lauded by President Raul Castro have so far fallen short. 2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland; Amnesty asks other EU nations to do moreDUBLIN — Two Uzbeks imprisoned since 2002 in the Guantanamo Bay prison have arrived in Ireland, and Amnesty International is appealing to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees. Union leaders clash with police while protesting mass layoffs by Puerto Rico’s governmentSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Union leaders scuffled with police outside the governor’s mansion Tuesday during a protest against mass layoffs of public workers in this U.S. territory, which has a jobless rate higher than any U.S. state. Obama administration transfers 3 Gitmo prisoners as January closure deadline is in doubtWASHINGTON — With the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison by a January deadline in doubt, the Justice Department Saturday announced the transfer of three detainees to the governments of Yemen and Ireland. When baseball is the only escape from poverty, some Dominicans see steroids as worth the riskSAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic — A monument to baseball greets visitors to this city known as “the cradle of shortstops.” Children in San Pedro de Macoris grow up playing ball behind tin shanties and on fields cut from sugar plantations. AP sources: Obama aim to close Guantanamo detention center by January may slip past deadlineWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama may not be able to meet his stated goal of closing the much-criticized Guantanamo Bay prison by January as his administration runs into daunting legal and logistical hurdles to moving the more than 220 detainees still there. AP sources: Obama admin. might not be able to meet January deadline for closing GitmoWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama may not be able to meet his stated goal of closing the much-criticized Guantanamo Bay prison by January as his administration runs into daunting legal and logistical hurdles to moving the more than 220 detainees still there. AP sources: Guantanamo prison might not be closed by January, as Obama promisedWASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged for the first time Friday that it might not be able to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay by January as President Barack Obama has promised. |
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