MIDDLE EAST - Israeli forces shell UN headquarters in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP): Israel shelled the United Nations (UN) headquarters in the Gaza Strip yesterday, engulfing the compound and a warehouse in fire and destroying thousands of pounds of food and humanitarian supplies intended for Palestinian refugees...

Global crisis taking its toll, says Manning
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Prime Minister Patrick Manning says the global economic downturn is having a much greater effect on the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) economy than had been anticipated, with the Government now projecting an overall...

Eastern Carib makes progress in maternal/child health
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbados and other Eastern Caribbean countries have made progress in improving their child survival rates while also cutting their maternal mortality figures, the 2009 State of the World's Children report released yesterday...

Thompson defends CSME stewardship
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Prime Minister David Thompson said while the perception may exist of a slowing down of the regional integration movement, this is certainly not the case.In fact, he said the 15-member Caribbean Community was preparing to...