CARIBBEAN News, Dec 02, 2011

"Pirates of the Caribbean" Tops the Most-Rented List Patch.com By Karl Smith "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" tops Redbox rentals this week. Walt Disney Pictures In the mood to rent a movie, but not sure what's popular? Patch has teamed up with Redbox to bring you the top five movie rentals in our ... See all stories on this topic »

Couple describes honeymoon cruise "nightmare" WRGB The couple was hoping their honeymoon aboard Royal Caribbean's “Oasis of the Seas” would be just as magical but they have only two pictures to show for the 8-day trip because just a few days in, Jason got violently ill. “He had the norovirus, ... See all stories on this topic »

Hey, watch where you're going! Brave (or crazy) snorkller plays chicken with a ... Daily Mail The amazing pictures were taken off the coast of Dominica in the Caribbean. Of course, you can't make a 60ft animal do anything against its will, so it's up to the whales to decide if they are in the mood to play. But, when they are feeling sociable, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson reflects a disturbing trend, says Asian beauty ... Daily Mail By Anjana Gosai Former X Factor contestant Rebecca Ferguson has found herself at the centre of a race controversy after pictures appeared to show her dark skin looking peculiarly pale. Here, a leading Asian beauty editor says the pernicious trend for ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Depp-charged 'Pirates' still entertains VillageSoup Belfast (blog) By Tom Von Malder | Nov 27, 2011 Photo by: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz star as hunters for the Fountain of Youth who have had a bumpy romantic past in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. ... See all stories on this topic » VillageSoup Belfast (blog)

film column on fall grosses phillyBurbs.com The PG-13 picture grossed $35 million after its Oct. 28 opening, which means many of his fans decided to wait and see the movie at home. Johnny Depp is a major draw in a franchise favorite like “Pirates of the Caribbean,” but with a small film like ... See all stories on this topic »

Israeli couple embroiled in plot against Trinidad PM Ynetnews According to the newspaper, the Caribbean country's authorities are looking into suspicions that the two – Robert and Anastasia – were somehow involved in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and four members of her cabinet.... See all stories on this topic » Ynetnews

Regionalism and the crisis in the world economy Dominican Today Today Caribbean states are amongst the most indebted in the world. Many are undertaking IMF programmes. Most Central Banks paint pictures of weak economic recovery. The tax take is either diminishing - and with it Government's ability to deliver social ... See all stories on this topic »

El Chupacabra Pictures – Creature Captured in Florida Top Secret Writers Sometimes called the “Bigfoot of the Caribbean,” El Chupacabra's freakish description is as varied as the locales where it's been allegedly spotted. A mix of vampire, alien and reptile with glowing red eyes and spikes down the spine is often how the ... See all stories on this topic »

Stormy Waters: National Geographic's David Doubilet, Part I unEARTHED, from Earthjustice (blog) JK: You've been taking underwater pictures since the 1970s. What kinds of changes have you seen over the years? DD: There's been a lot of sweeping changes. Let's take the Caribbean where a lot of the sea urchins and almost all of the elkhorn coral, ... See all stories on this topic »

Photo Feature: Nazareth, Israel Daijiworld.com ... New England, Caribbean, Panama Canal, South America, Bora Bora, Falkland Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Greece and the Baltic. Here he shares with Daijiworld readers some of his pictures clicked during his visit to Nazareth in Israel. ... See all stories on this topic » Daijiworld.com

Mesa family regrets getting involved with mall model search AZFamily "Do we have any 'Pirates of the Caribbean' fans out there? Raise your hands. How about 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn'"? Michael says the excitement of his kids being in a movie convinced him to pay $600 for professional photos, a requirement by ... See all stories on this topic »

"Ocean" Creatures That Evolved in Huge Lake Under Threat National Geographic "If you're snorkeling, it can be easy to forget that you're not in the Great Barrier Reef or the Caribbean." (See coral reef pictures.) The lake, which contains some 17 percent of Earth's available surface fresh water, is an important source of water ... See all stories on this topic » National Geographic

Miguel Covarrubias' African Diaspora Art on display at CAAM The South Los Angeles Report With five sections divided by geographic region from the Caribbean to Mexico, the retrospective has an international feel and hums with vibrancy from each culture. The African diaspora is defined as the movement of Africans and their descendants ... See all stories on this topic » The South Los Angeles Report

Montserrat moves into digital age with new app Breaking Travel News ... updated flight and ferry schedules, the ability to share your thoughts and picturesvia Facebook and a comprehensive green pages listing. Lush green and mountainous, Montserrat lies in the Eastern Caribbean chain of Leeward Islands. ... See all stories on this topic » Breaking Travel News

Disney Movies To Run On YouTube MediaPost Publications For example, customers would be charged from $3.99 for newer releases, such as "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." Recently, YouTube announced plans for original video content from a number of partners, including performers/producers Jay-Z ... See all stories on this topic » MediaPost Publications

Twilight falls as families slowly warm to Arthur Christmas The Guardian (blog) With a cumulative total of £23.31m from just 10 days of release, the film is already the seventh biggest hit of the year, after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, The King's Speech, The Inbetweeners Movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Hot Highlights: Miami's Super Satellite Events 2011 - by MutualArt MutualArt.com Curated by Miami-based artist Charo Oquet, a strong local vibe runs through this fair, focusing on up-and-coming artists as well as emerging Caribbean art. ZONES also offers a sense-ational detour from the typical maze-like art-fair set-up, ... See all stories on this topic » MutualArt.com

'The Adventures of Tintin' opens Nov. 30 Manila Bulletin The movie, released under United International Pictures, will be shown in Metro Manila cinemas beginning Nov. 30. Based on the internationally beloved and irrepressible characters created by Hergé, the story follows the unquenchably curious young ... See all stories on this topic »

Breaking barriers: Hong Kong veteran Terence Chang honored as CineAsia ... Film Journal A major romantic star in Asia, Chow found himself typecast as an assassin in the United States, although he gave excellent performances in films as disparate as Anna and the King and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The producer also helped... See all stories on this topic » Film Journal

Ghett'a Life Subtitledonline.com (blog) ... providing the feature with a Caribbean feeling, this isn't Cool Runnings, and would benefit from a dimmer, gloomier aesthetic. It's an honest and unassuming piece of filmmaking, but some picturessimply do not translate well to other countries. ... See all stories on this topic »

Britain's hidden Aids victims New Statesman (blog) Over a quarter of my ward are black African or Caribbean, and those that were not born abroad still go back to visit. We cannot afford to be insular on this. If you're worried that global Aids charities seem too distant and unaccountable, ... See all stories on this topic » New Statesman (blog)

Martin Murray: I can win 'life-changing' Sturm bout BBC Sport He is set to tie the knot with fiancee Gemma in the Caribbean on 7 December - a date that was arranged prior to promoter Ricky Hatton sealing Murray's title shot against Sturm, 32. "My missus is flying out to the Caribbean on the day of the fight," ... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

Amazing Winged Wonder Spotted Near The Narrows Sheepshead Bites They have been reported as far south as Texas, Georgia, the American Gulf states, southern Russia, northern China, and even the Caribbean. Between 1967 and 1975, Snowy Owls bred on the remote island of Fetlar in the Shetland Isles north of Scotland,... See all stories on this topic » Sheepshead Bites

Israeli couple claims passports stolen Trinidad Guardian They spent five months at Comfort Suite Hotel, Piarco, at Caribbean Airline's (CAL) expense and being guarded by the airline's security before they escaped on November 20. Although their passports were seized by the Immigration Division it is not known ... See all stories on this topic »

Chris Browne Subtitledonline.com (blog) And I made it really for the Caribbean Diasporas abroad, too. Beyond that, I am just hopeful. I remember two instances abroad in Toronto. Firstly, I had shown it in the National Film Board screening room for press, and on receiving the DVD back from ... See all stories on this topic »

Kickin' out yuletide jams The Detroit News The set's one original, "Happy Christmas And Many More," is sun-splashed and kissed with steel drums, and sounds like it was recorded at the end of Weiland's summer vacation in the Caribbean. Unless you have a really good sense of humor, ... See all stories on this topic »

General Strike Rocks Nation: Workers Across Britain Confront Conservative ... ThisCantBeHappening! The Cameron government brought strikebreakers for the airports from as far away as the Caribbean to off-set the strike's impact. Further, major airlines initiated programs to reschedule flights to avoid problems from the strike, ... See all stories on this topic » ThisCantBeHappening!

RAIN - WHAT RAIN? Caribbean Hurricane Network “Rough weather conditions are quite possible in the Leeward Islands Monday into Tuesday as low pressure develops right over the northeastern Caribbean. The worst conditions appear to be from Barbuda and Montserrat northward to Saint Martin and Anguilla ... See all stories on this topic » Caribbean Hurricane Network

Forgotten B&W Movies #1: KING OF THE ZOMBIE WhatCulture! King of the Zombies was no exception with its setting being an island in the Caribbean where a stereotypical evil doctor is attempting to acquire US military secrets about their Canal Zone fortifications. The plot is very weak with no real surprises. ... See all stories on this topic »

Discovery Communications Inc. : 'Inside Story" Makes World Premiere on World ... 4-traders (press release) Newcomers MamboleoEtufunwa (Jacob's Cross) are joined by nationallyinternationally celebrated stars including Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Hotel Rwanda, 24) as Kalu's mentortough-as-nails coach, Fana Mokoena (Blood ... See all stories on this topic »

Come in spinners: Big Bash League brings former Test tweakers out of woodwork Sydney Morning Herald Australia's recent cricket history could have taken a completely different complexion had a knee injury and carpal tunnel syndrome not cut short MacGill's international career in the Caribbean in 2008, less than 18 months after Warne's departure. ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

PICK SIX - Top Story Lines to Watch - Stepping up celebrations San Francisco Chronicle He says his grandmother used to dance to the Caribbean rhythms of salsa and merengue. He says when he was growing up, the music was always played on weekends and grandma would grab him and start dancing. "We used to always get down," the Paterson, ... See all stories on this topic »

Thanksgiving Shoppers Still Wild About 'Harry,' 'Cars 2' Home Media Magazine Walt Disney Studios' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, No. 1 the prior week, slipped to No. 6, right behind Sony Pictures' Bad Teacher, which remains in high demand after six weeks in stores. See all stories on this topic » Home Media Magazine

MultiStages Presents World Premiere of TEMPLE OF THE SOULS, 12/8-23 Broadway World The multicultural Artistic Company represents Puerto Rico, Spain, Portugal, South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada & the US. This world premiere production includes contemporary, traditional music, dance, masks, puppetry & Matinee Talk backs on ... See all stories on this topic »

Pearl bracelets are a daughter's gift Hernando Today While looking forward to a cruise to the Caribbean and Megan's parents' 20th wedding anniversary, the family found out about the inoperable cancer. "We didn't know for sure whether we should go or stay home," said Megan, who is also a Pasco-Hernando ... See all stories on this topic »

The return of that old movie magic Telegraph.co.uk There have been four Pirates of the Caribbean movies, each more baffling and incoherent than the one before. That's three too many. We all know enough to be wary of film titles ending in a number; the presence of a 2 or 3 betrays the studios' favourite... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Durban 2011 -- Giant strides or fairy footsteps? Mail & Guardian Online Third, many countries are driven to act by the threat of disasters - whether floods in Pakistan or Australia, fires in Russia, or hurricanes in the Caribbean, Central America and the US. It does not take a lifetime of cost-benefit analysis to see that ... See all stories on this topic »

Welcome to the high street that's been turned into an advent calendar Evening Standard The local shops participating in the project include the jewellers, barbers, a kebab shop, a pound shop, Caribbean snack supplies, a gift shop and the local hair stylist. When the project was first dreamed up a month ago, submissions to contribute ... See all stories on this topic » Evening Standard

Music with heart The Borneo Post During the concert, the band also performed a suite from Pirates of the Caribbean, the contemporary Blue Tango and Gonna Fly Now from the movie Rocky. To end the concert, audience members were treated to a sneak preview of the band's drill show for ... See all stories on this topic »

Caribbean News Now!: Cuban cigar roller presented with Guinness ... Archives · Click here to browse our extensive archives going back to 2004. Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean NetNews archives from 2004 to 2010 here. ... Caribbean News Now! Daily Headlines

More tourists head to Caribbean but spend less - Yahoo! News SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — It's a good news-bad news deal for tourism in the sun-soakedCaribbean. Visits are surging but revenues are not keeping pace. ... news.yahoo.com/more-tourists-head-caribbean-spend-less-022...

caribbean - Calgary & World Photographer Kyle Marquardt (Kylefoto) Posted in: Caribbean, News| November 24, 2011 10 Comments. Cayman Islands , Caribbean This is a wild sting ray in it's natural environment, which is distinctly different from the other photos I've been showing you. Stingrays feed in many ... www.kylefoto.com/tag/caribbean/

Chavez touts new Latin America, Caribbean bloc - Dayton Daily News Chavez touts new Latin America, Caribbean bloc ... (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) ... The new group, known by its Spanish initials CELAC, will add one more ... www.daytondailynews.com/.../chavez-touts-new-latin-america...

Vermont Today - Vermont News, Vermont photos, Vermont business ... VermontToday.com - Vermont News, things to do in vermont, Vermont Events, ... The Caribbeananticipates another surge in visitors this winter, but officials warn ... www.vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/...

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BBC World News, Dec 02, 2011

Where are the women in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011 shortlist? The Guardian England Women's World Cup quarter final against France was watched by a peak audience of 3.2m in the UK and the final between USA and Japan was the most tweeted-about sporting event in history. Never a gymnastics fan, I watched Beth Tweddle win gold at ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Asia's students weigh up college options BBC News By Mukul Devichand BBC News, Delhi and Kuala Lumpur Families in Asia desperate to get a college education for their children are considering a variety of expensive options - including sending them to a local branch of a British or Australian university ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Will.i.am announced as a coach on BBC One's The Voice Radio 1 Will.i.am will be a coach on The Voice UK, it has been announced. The Black Eyed Peas member joins British singer Jessie J on the judging panel for the series, which will launch on BBC One in the New Year. The 36-year-old, whose real name is William... See all stories on this topic » Radio 1

Top Gear: BBC Announces Air Date for Top Gear Christmas Special and Releases ... Anglotopia.net The BBC has announced the air date for the Top Gear Christmas special – it will air on December 28th at 8pm on BBC2 and BBCHD. It will be a 90 minute long show. No word yet as to when it will air in the USA – but will probably be next year sometime. ... See all stories on this topic »

British firm creates game controlled through urinal USA Today By Brett Molina, USA TODAY British company Captive Media has developed the firstvideo game based inside a men's urinal. BBC has full details. The game is "controlled" when a user relieves himself in the urinal. "The user is presented with three ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Gang attacks Afghan family with acid USA Today By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY Gang members sprayed an Afghan family of five with skin-burning acid after the father refused to give his daughter up for marriage to one of the members, BBC News is reporting. The angry suitor and other members of a ... See all stories on this topic »

Soccer bedfellow: USA, Japan - Part 2 FOXSports.com John Deurden resides in East Asia and has been called 'The Voice of Asian Football' by BBC Radio. He covers football on the giant continent for The Guardian, Sports Illustrated, FourFourTwo, the Associated Press and a number of newspapers and sites... See all stories on this topic » FOXSports.com

Iranian students storm British Embassy in Tehran USA Today Update at 8:02 am ET: The official Iranian news agency IRNA sent out this urgent report: "The UK Embassy in Tehran has been stormed by a group of Iranian students." Update at 7:44 am ET: The BBC reports that demonstrators were shown live on Iranian... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Norwegian charged in shooting massacre declared insane USA Today By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Psychiatrists who have examined the Norwegian man charged with killing 77 people in a shooting rampage in July have concluded that he is insane, the BBC reports. The psychiatrists concluded that Anders Behring Breivik, ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Golden Globes go to unusual TV fare Los Angeles Times "The Emmys are a little more mainstream and populist, whereas the Golden Globes sometimes tend to observe more niche programming because of the nature of their voting body and process," says the BBC's Simon, who notes that his network has even changed ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Friday Papers: Draghi hints at eurozone aid plan Citywire.co.uk The Daily Telegraph: Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander fear the official cost of UK banking reforms is too low, Government documents revealed on Thursday. The Daily Telegraph: Sir Michael Lyons, the former chairman of the BBC Trust, has enjoyed a ... See all stories on this topic »

Rewind to 2002 Welsh Dragon roars ESPN Ahead of the kick-off, world-famous tenor Bryn Terfel sung the national anthem and, after weeks of build-up in the press, the atmosphere was ''fervent and furious'' according to the BBC report. Wales had only played the then three-time World Cup ... See all stories on this topic » ESPN

Medical insurance news - First official stem cell trial stopped Usay Compare According to BBC News' medical correspondent Fergus Walsh, it is understood the postponement of the trial is purely a financial decision and the company will cut its workforce by more than a third as a result. The organisation's submission to the US ... See all stories on this topic »

Redistricting threatens effective representation! Janesville Gazette (blog) World news on BBC this morning is emphasizing the elections in these 2 nations. WE THE PEOPLE of the US have a basic principle that elections are very significant for legitimate governance. ELECTIONS are key to representative government! ... See all stories on this topic »

FISKER KARMA LANDS DOUBLE HONORS AT 2011 BBC TOP GEAR AWARDS, INCLUDING ... CisionWire (press release) Anaheim, California, USA – December 1, 2011: The Fisker Karma has been crowned 'Luxury Car of the Year' by BBC Top Gear magazine and 'Car of the Year' by Top Gear TV presenter, James May. The Karma – Fisker's first production car – is a 403 hp luxury ... See all stories on this topic »

Gratuitous attack by NATO will prove costly for USA PakTribune.com The US kept up the pressure on Pakistan to launch an operation in NW and its think tanks as well as BBC kept their guns focused on Pak Army and ISI. The US Senators and Congressmen remained in an aggressive mood. Amidst charged atmosphere, Pakistan was ... See all stories on this topic » PakTribune.com

Jonathan King: 'My book's an online hit, millions click on my videos. How ... The Independent When the BBC edited out his performance last April, King wrote to the director general, Mark Thompson, to complain. "I know Mark," he says. "I know everybody. He was a junior producer in America when I was presenting Entertainment USA , which was the ... See all stories on this topic »

British film director Ken Russell dies at 84 USA Today He then studied photography, for which he did have a talent, and became a fashion photographer before being hired to work on BBC arts programs, including profiles of the poet John Betjeman, comedian Spike Milligan and playwright Shelagh Delaney. ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Sailing Round Immigration Laws Wall Street Journal (blog) In the 1960s off the coast of Britain pirate radio ships provided a commercial alternative to the BBC'slegal monopoly. They were eventually forced off the air by a law which made it illegal to supply or advertise with the stations. ... See all stories on this topic »

Fleming: Spy Who Came In From Bermuda Bernews In his just released Oxford Unversity Press book, award-winning former BBC producer Mr. Rankin says while the US first objected to the censorship system, the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] soon realised how useful the Bermuda operation was when... See all stories on this topic » Bernews

Uganda: Global Events Playing Part in Local Economic Condition AllAfrica.com ... magazines and being an avid radio listener was always listening to BBC and explained the worldevents to the only captivated /interested audience he had - me. Daddy and I belonged to the Conservative party in UK and we were Republicans in the US. ... See all stories on this topic »

Meeting the challenges of AIDS with fewer financial resources UNICEF (press release) BBC Contributing Correspondent Jane O'Brien moderated the discussion. Craig McClure cited the “amazing progress” made for children affected by HIV, especially in the last decade, but said that more must still be done. “For example,” he said, ... See all stories on this topic » UNICEF (press release)

German Pope, Italian Central Banker Auburn Journal He stated this in a rousing interview on the BBC's TV network. Here is the segment. He made two crucial points – points that stock market investors are ignoring. First, over the last nine years, there has been an increase of world debt from $80 ... See all stories on this topic »

10 CD box sets worth a listen USA Today BBC Radio sessions and rare remixes are included, as is a previously unreleased 45-minute concert recorded in 1974 at Atlanta's Electric Ballroom during UFO's first US tour. The recently unearthed and remixed tapes contain an eight-minute version of ... See all stories on this topic »

Progressive tenses: Strikes are happening in UK The English Blog (blog) George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said in a BBC interview: I'm not picking a fight with anyone. I'm trying to deal with this country's debts that were racked up in the good years and unfortunately, now that we are in the difficult years, ... See all stories on this topic »

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