Virgin Islands jury finds newspaper libeled judge - The Guardian
Associated Press Writer= CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — A jury on Tuesday found a newspaper and its reporter knowingly made false statements about a judge and ordered them to pay him $240,000 in damages. An attorney for The Virgin ...
Snapshot of the U.S. Virgin Islands - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Islands: St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix. Cruise ships: The U.S. Virgin Islands -- especially St. Thomas -- rank as the Caribbean's third most-popular cruise stop after the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands. About 1.2 million cruise ship passengers ...
9 Taken to NC Hospital After Bad Smell on Airplane - ABC News
... complaining of a foul electrical smell soon after it pushed away from its gate at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport bound for Montego Bay on Tuesday ... Thomas, Virgin Islands, complained of scratchy throats and itchy eyes, Mohr said.
Puerto Rico In Battle To Stop Captain Morgan From ... - All Headline News
San Juan, Puerto Rico (AHN) - Two U.S. territories are gearing up for a legal battle over Captain Morgan rum. Diageo, which produces the spirit, is moving production from Puerto Rick to the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company was reportedly swayed by $2 ...
Somali pirates release chemical tanker - Earthtimes
Nairobi/London - Somali pirates have released a chemical tanker and its crew of 28 North Koreans after an unspecified ransom was paid, European Union naval forces said Tuesday. The Virgin Islands-owned MV Theresa VIII was taken by pirates several ...
Taiwanese Couple Admits Smuggling Black Coral Into U.S ... - Environment News Service
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands , March 11, 2010 (ENS) - A Taiwanese couple pleaded guilty today in federal court in the U.S. Virgin Islands to conspiracy to smuggle internationally protected black coral into the United States from Asia. Gloria Chu ...
US Virgin Islands jury orders newspaper, reporter to ... - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — A jury on Tuesday found a newspaper and its reporter knowingly made false statements about a judge and ordered them to pay him $240,000 in damages. An attorney for The Virgin Islands Daily News said he ...
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands in Battle Over Captain ... - Newser
(Newser) – A battle over rum has two US territories up in arms, with Puerto Rico accusing the Virgin Islands of a raid worthy of Captain Morgan himself. Diageo, the maker of Captain Morgan rum, is moving production from Puerto Rico to the US Virgin ...
Is Daylight Savings Time really necessary? - creative loafing
Officially, at least since 2005, Daylight Savings Time is part of the Energy Policy Act , even though it’s still not observed by Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and by most of Arizona (although the Navajo Indian ...
Hundreds take ill again on cruise from Charleston - Greenville News
... Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury became ill during the current cruise that left March 8 from Charleston. The line announced the Mercury canceled a Monday port call in the British Virgin Islands ...
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U.N. nixes ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
 U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected by a U.N. wildlife meeting, as nations feared doing so would devastate fishing economies.
India seeks to question US terror convict
Indian authorities will ask the United States to let them question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, the government said Friday.
Retired general links gays in army to genocide
A retired U.S. general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war because the army was weakened by openly gay soldiers.
Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban
The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday.
Marines try to buy good will in Marjah
 Since U.S., Afghan and NATO forces wrested Marjah from the Taliban, they've been going to extraordinary lengths to cultivate townspeople who had lived under insurgent control for years.
Iran jails former vice president, reform activist
A former Iranian vice president and prominent reform activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the ruling clerical establishment has begun a one-year prison sentence, a close relative said Friday.
Netanyahu, Clinton talk after settlement crisis
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed "confidence-building steps" with Palestinians in a telephone call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, after a dispute over settlements.
Munich diocese faces "Tsunami" of abuse claims
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese in Munich says it is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis.
World powers demand Israeli settlement freeze
 The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators called on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denounced Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.
Woman convicted of killing 6 newborns
 A court in Normandy on Thursday convicts a 38-year-old woman of killing six of her newborn babies — a deed she acknowledged — and sentenced her to 15 years in prison.
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