TC ex-premier trying to sell mansion amid UK probe

2010-02-22T14:30:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Turks & Caicos ex-premier trying to sell beachfront mansion amid corruption probe by UK</div><div><p>For sale: gated, beachfront mansion with glass-sided pool, wine and cigar room, full-floor servants' quarters, secret stairway, and two spacious guest homes ringed by tropical gardens.</p><p>Michael Misick, the former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Warming Hurricanes

2010-02-21T10:46:14Z

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2008, file photo a man stands inside a house destroyed by category 4 Hurricane Ike on the island of Grand Turk in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Top researchers now agree that the world is likely to get stronger but fewer hurricanes in the future because of global warming, seeming to sett...

Dominicans demand government solve plane mystery

2010-02-23T15:36:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Relatives of missing Dominican workers demand government solve mystery of vanished plane</div><div><p>Relatives of 11 migrant workers who boarded a small plane that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean a year ago are demanding that the Dominican government investigate what happened.</p><p>"We've had 365 days of pain, despair and helplessne...

Top 'Caribbean Escape' closes in Turks and Caicos

2010-02-25T07:58:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Travel Channel's No. 2 'Hottest Caribbean Escape' in receivership, guests booked elsewhere</div><div><p>An exclusive resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands that catered to celebrities and offered personal butlers and a pillow m...

Bahamas Miss Universe

2009-08-19T16:00:41Z

Left to right, Miss USA Kristen Dalton, Miss Spain Estibaliz Pereira Rabade, Miss Great Britain Clair Cooper, Miss Turks & Caicos Jewel Selver, Turks and Caicos Islands hit out Saturday at Britain for ordering the suspension of the local government in its Caribbean territory after a dragging row on corruption.</p><p>The British government made the move Fr...

Britain suspends Turks and Caicos government

2010-02-25T20:18:16Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Britain ordered the suspension of the government of its Caribbean territory of Turks and Caicos on Friday and imposed direct rule after an investigation found evidence of widespread corrupt...

Government suspended in overseas territory

2010-02-25T20:13:15Z

<div><p>The local government the Caribbean territory of Turks and Caicos was ordered to suspend following a long-running wrangle over alleged corruption, the Foreign Office said.</p><p>The move came five months after the premier of the eight-island tax haven resigned to make way for a unified government following...

Britain imposes direct rule on Turks and Caicos

2010-02-25T20:18:37Z

<div id="subtitle">UK imposes direct rule on Turks and Caicos after corruption claims against islands' government</div><div><p>Britain on Friday imposed direct rule on its former colony of Turks and Caicos following corruption claims against the territory's authorities.</p><p&gt...

Hard times in Haiti mean many risk lives at sea

2010-02-26T01:46:40Z

<div id="subtitle">For Haitians, a grim choice: danger at sea, desperation at home</div><div><p>LIMONADE, Haiti — When Alix Charles slipped out of his tin-roofed shack at night, he didn't say where he was going, only that he would be back soon.</p><p>The 23-year-old father of two infant daughters left on a treacherou...

Turks and Caicos police probe Haitian smuggling

2010-02-26T03:59:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Turks and Caicos police question survivors of Haitian shipwreck in smuggling investigation</div><div><p>Police in the Turks and Caicos Islands are questioning Haitian survivors from a capsized migrant vessel in hopes of identifying those responsible for the smuggling operation.</p><p>Deputy police commissioner

Haiti Turks and Caicos Boat Capsized

2009-07-30T16:17:33Z

Gentila Lormile reacts while waiting for news of her son Israel Rivera, who was on the boat that capsized off Turks and Caicos, in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Police boats searched for dozens of Haitian migrants missing from a deadly shipwreck, but rescuers had little hope of finding any survivors as ...

Shipwrecked Haitians tell of ordeal as search ends

2010-02-26T03:59:11Z

<div><p>The young man was weak and alone when searchers found him on an uninhabited island shortly before authorities ended the hunt for victims of the sinking of a rickety sailboat crowded with people fleeing Haiti's poverty.</p><p>Fifteen migrants were confirmed dead, 118 were rescued and about 70 others remained missing when the U.S. Coa...

U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for missing Haitians

2010-02-26T03:06:42Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday called off its search for up to 67 Haitian migrants missing from a wooden sailboat that sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands, saying they were presumed lost at...

Turks and Caicos Boat Capsized

2009-07-29T15:01:03Z

An unidentified Haitian survivor arrives to the Myrtle Rygby Clinic in Providenciales , Turks and Caicos, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Rescuers searched by sea and air Wednesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 people. Seventy people remain unaccounted for. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

APTOPIX Turks and Caicos Boat Capsized

2009-07-29T00:30:22Z

Survivors of the capsized boat are sit at a shelter in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 people. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Dozens missing after Haitian boat sinks; 15 dead

2010-02-26T03:32:50Z

<div><p>Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 migrants fleeing the poverty of their homeland.</p><p>The boat was carrying an estimated 200 people — men, women and teenagers — when it struck a coral reef and ...

15 dead, dozens missing after Haitian boat capsizes

2010-02-26T03:33:58Z

<div><p>Authorities searched for up to 67 Haitian migrants off the Turks and Caicos Islands Tuesday after their overloaded boat capsized, killing at least 15 people.</p><p>Local police renewed their search at dawn for the dozens of migrants still unaccounted for in shark-infested Atlantic waters after their rickety boat struck a reef late Monday, but had little ...

Nine dead, 70 missing in Haitian boat capsize

2010-02-26T03:47:51Z

<div><p>Authorities were searching for at least 70 Haitian migrants off the Turks and Caicos Islands Tuesday, after their overloaded boat capsized, killing at least nine, but were not hopeful survivors would be found.</p><p>Local police renewed their search at dawn for the dozens of illegal migrants still unaccounted for in shark-infested waters after their rick...

Haitian migrant shipwreck kills 15, dozens missing

2010-02-26T03:53:42Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - At least 15 Haitian migrants drowned and more than 65 were missing after their wooden sail boat hit a reef and sank off the Turks and Caicos islands, local police and the U.S. Coast Guard said o...

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