EU Naval Force Arrests 11 Somali Pirates
Posted on July 25, 2010 in European cruise
NAIROBI, May 8 (Bernama) -- European Union anti-piracy mission said on Saturday its Netherlands warship has disrupted and arrested 11 Somali pirates and detained three pirate boats in the middle of Somali Basin, reports China's Xinhua news agency.
54 US-bound migrants from Africa and Nepal detained after boat arrives at Costa Rican coast
Posted on December 07, 2009 in East caribbean
54 US-bound detained at Costa Rican coast SAN JOSE, Costa Rica ? Costa Rican authorities detained 54 U.S.-bound migrants from Africa and Nepal after their boat arrived on the Central American country’s coast, officials said Sunday. Authorities were treating some of the migrants for dehydration after several days at sea and took into custody three suspected [...]
First batch of Uighur detainees at Guantanamo agree to go to Palau
Posted on November 24, 2009 in Caribbean
First Guantanamo Uighurs agree to go to Palau KOROR, Palau ? Three Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay have formally accepted an offer to take up new lives in the Pacific island nation of Palau and could be moved there as early as next month, lawyers say. They are the first among a group of 13 ethnic [...]
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Court rebukes post-9/11 policy - Cape Cod Times
Posted on November 21, 2009 in Online travel agents
BOISE, Idaho -- A federal appeals court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be sued by people who claim they were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after 9/11, and called the government practice "repugnant to the ...
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Robber snatches $500000 worth of luxury Swiss watches at jewelry ...
Posted on November 20, 2009 in Caribbean jewel
Robber in Puerto Rico makes off with Swiss watchesSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Police say a robber has made off with nearly $500000 worth of luxury watches from a jewelry store at the Caribbean's largest shopping mall. ... August 10th, 2009 French police: Jewel heist suspect detainedPARIS —French police say Belgian authorities have detained and handed over a man accused of stealing jewels worth several million euros (dollars) from a luxury Paris jewelry house. ...
Carnival cruise passengers spend weekend in Antigua ... in jail
Posted on November 02, 2009 in Caribbean beach resort
Filed under: Antigua and Barbuda , News , Cruises , Caribbean It looks like Carnival could use some new passengers. Not even a week after banning a family for life - and then reversing the ban - six passengers on one of its ships have been detained in Antigua. Now, if you're going to get stuck someplace, Antigua isn't bad, but I'd rather be in a resort than involved with the criminal justice... say that the cab driver quoted a $50 price for a tour that would end at a beach . He later told them
Naples man accused of killing family captured in Haiti - St. Petersburg Times
Posted on October 27, 2009 in Caribbean motel
A Haitian man detained in the Florida slaying of his wife and their five children said Monday that he returned to his native Caribbean nation "to say goodbye to my family." Mesac Damas, 33, who was captured Monday morning near a low-budget hotel in ...
PHOTO/VIDEO: Mesac Damas detained in Haiti in slaying of his wife, 5 ... - Naples Daily News
Posted on October 15, 2009 in Caribbean motel
A Haitian man detained in the Florida slaying of his wife and their five children said Monday that he returned to his native Caribbean nation "to say goodbye to my family." Mesac Damas, who was captured Monday morning in Haiti's capital, told The ...
Airline Crew Charged in Drug Bust - Wall Street Journal
Posted on October 09, 2009 in Caribbean transportation
An unidentified American Airlines employee, center, is detained by agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration at Puerto Rico's international airport in San Juan on Tuesday. Smugglers allegedly recruited members of the airline's ground crew at ...