JACMEL, HAITI Tourism will not be the cure for all that ails Haiti, said Eduardo Marques Almeida, head of the Haitian office of the Inter-American Development Bank, but Haiti has a lot to offer a foreign visitor, and Jacmel is one of places where the country should put its resources.Three hours south over the mountains from Port-au-Prince, Jacmel was starting to revive after years of coups, v
A state of disaster has been declared in parts of Fiji, as Cyclone Tomas blasts through the north and east of the Pacific island country.At least 5,000 people have had leave their homes, and 50 properties have so far been destroyed.Cyclone Tomas, a category four storm, is blowing at up to 170km/h (106 mph).The eastern Lau group of islands is bearing the brunt of the storm, but the main islands of
Back in April 2005, Germany was overjoyed when a native son was elevated to the papacy.But in the past week, the Catholic Church in the country has faced a barrage of criticism from politicians and the media as well as from the faithful - and much of the ire is focused on the German who is now Supreme Pontiff in Rome.On Monday, March 15, the daily SÜddeutsche Zeitung splashed the headline B
Ryszard Kapuscinski was considered to be one of the most fearless journalists of his time.As the only foreign correspondent for PAP, the Polish news agency, in the 1960s and '70s, he covered some 27 coups and revolutions around the world, survived firing squads in Africa and befriended the likes of Che Guevara.His reporting formed the basis for widely acclaimed books such as The Emperor, about th
DUBLIN – Two Muslim men have been charged in Ireland after a probe into an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, a report has said.Ali Charaf Damache, 44 and from Algeria, appeared in court charged with sending a menacing text message, said Irish state broadcaster RTE.Abdul Salam Monsour Khalil Al-Jahani was charged with an immigrat
BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters started donating their own blood Tuesday as part of a plan to splatter the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.Red-shirted demonstrators lined up to have their blood drawn by nurses, a day after their leaders vowed to collect 1 million cubic centimeters of blood — the equivalent of 1,000 s
Toyota Motor Corp says it has found no evidence to support a driver's account of a widely-publicised runaway Prius incident in California last week.James Sikes said his Prius sped out of control, but Toyota said its own tests could not replicate the event.Millions of Toyota models have been recalled after several complaints about the braking and accelerator systems.Toyota insists that it has fo
BANGKOK Organizers of the demonstrations in the Thai capital said they are requesting that thousands of protesters donate a small amount of blood to meet their stated goal of 1 million cubic centimeters, or more than 260 gallons. The blood will be taken from the body and democratic soul of the Red Shirts, said a protest leader, Natthawut Saikua, referring to the popular name for the demonstrator
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