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Man charged for firearms and drugs

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:51:27 GMT

Relatives of Simon Cherubin say they will do whatever it takes to ensure he gets a fair trial.

Caribbean Special: French Caribbean: the complete guide

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:18:51 GMT

A tropical paradise which combines Gallic flair with great beaches? Mais oui! says James Henderson Saturday, 13 April 2002 Just how french is the French Caribbean? Croissants for breakfast, autoroutes, service ...

Meroditerpenoids and Derivatives from the Brown Alga Cystoseira...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:16:48 GMT

Laboratoire MAPIEM, Universite ́ du Sud Toulon-Var, Avenue de l'Universite ́ , BP 20132, F-83957 La Garde Cedex, France, Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bioorganique, Faculte ́ des Sciences ...

Montserrat appoints marketing representative for French islands

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

BRADES, Montserrat: The Montserrat Tourist Board has announced the appointment of Market One as the destinations tourism marketing representative for Guadeloupe and Martinique. This move is intended to capitalize on Montserrat’s close proximity as well as strong historic and tourism ties to these islands.

Guadeloupe turn out the lights on Martinique with a 3-1 victory

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LES ABYMES, Guadeloupe: Guadeloupe turned the lights out on neighbours and francophone rivals Martinique with a 3-1 victory in the final Group F game of the Digicel Caribbean Championships. In the most eagerly anticipated fixture of Group F, two powerhouses of Caribbean football went head to head;

Martinique gain narrow 1-0 victory over the Cayman Islands

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LES ABYMES, Guadeloupe: Martinique may have resurrected their chances at qualifying from Group F, following a narrow 1-0 victory over a struggling Cayman Islands on match day two of Stage 2 of the Digicel Caribbean Championships. Their strategy and the weather would play a big role in this fixture.

Digicel Caribbean Championships Group F gear up for exciting last match

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LES ABYMES, Guadeloupe: With Guadeloupe at 6 points and Martinique with 4 points in Stage 2 of the Digicel Caribbean Championships, Martinique must win or draw to ensure their place in the finals in Jamaica come December. Martinique and friendly rivals Guadeloupe will face off on Wednesday.

Underdogs Grenada earn unexpected draw against DCC favourites Martinique

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LES ABYMES, Guadeloupe: Group F favourites, Martinique, survived a scare from the Spice Islanders of Grenada, coming from behind twice, as the first match of Stage 2 in the Digicel Caribbean Championships played out to a tense 2-2 draw. Grenada were first to settle and began their attack straight from kickoff.

Authorities: Human error may have caused 2005 jet crash

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:26:12 GMT

Authorities in Martinique say human error may have caused a 2005 plane crash that killed 152 islanders.

Magnificent Martinique humble an outclassed Anguilla

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique: Magnificent Martinique humbled an outclassed Anguilla 3-1 in their first ever international meeting, to secure their place in the next round of the Digicel Caribbean Championships. Martinicians have looked like magicians every time they have taken the field.

Reggae music and football

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique: Many people are surprised to hear Bob Marley was a fanatic soccer player and fan. That doesn’t seem to fit their image of the legendary reggae star: The lazy reggae beats, the dreadlock Rastafari easy going attitude, the political activism. But Bob Marley simply loved kicking a ball about.

Martinique play champagne football to leave St Vincent with a 3-0 hangover

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique: Martinique played champagne football to leave St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) with a 3-0 hangover as the Digicel Caribbean Championships Group E got uncorked. St Vincent and the Grenadines had been the surprise package of last year's DCC tournament.

Educational opportunities in the French West Indies

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CASTRIES, St Lucia: In order to show its dedication to the strengthening of the ties between the French Caribbean and the OECS Member States, the University of the French West Indies and Guiana (Université des Antilles et de la Guyane – UAG) is offering a language training programme to new applicants.

Martinique cited among world's '10 Fine Liquor Journeys'

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK, USA: Further validating Martinique’s status as the “Rum Capital of the World” ForbesTraveler.com recently featured the island amid a list of the world’s ’10 Fine Liquor Journeys.’ Martinique is the only Caribbean island and the only rum destination to make the list.

Spicy Food Caused Jean Reno's 'Heart Attack'

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:50:42 GMT

August 22nd, 2008 12:07pm EDT Post a comment French actor Jean Reno 's 'heart attack' was actually a bout of heartburn and gastroenteritis, according to his publicist.

Actor Jean Reno released from hospital

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:26:00 GMT

French actor Jean Reno has been released from a hospital in the Caribbean island of Martinique after falling ill.

Natural history of human T-lymphotropic virus 1-associated myelopathy: a 14-year follow-up study.

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:58:12 GMT

Abstract BACKGROUND: The progression of neurological disability in human T-lymphotropic virus 1 -associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis remains undefined.

Dismasted yacht yields cocaine haul

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:50:56 GMT

Gendarmes of Brigade Nautique accompanied by a seven-man SWAT team have arrested two men from a dismasted yacht that ran aground on a reef at Tintamarre Island on Friday night, after packages of cocaine were ...

Martinique heats up Bastille Day celebration in Atlanta

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:14:48 GMT

The Bastille Day celebration in Atlanta drew some 530 Francophiles who danced the night away to Martinican rhythms and lamented the absence of a nonstop flight from Georgia's capital to the island known as "the ...

Martinique cruise arrivals on the rise

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK, USA: Cruise passengers are enjoying Martinique in growing numbers this year according to the latest statistics from the Martinique Promotion Bureau/CMT USA. From January to April 2008 cruise arrivals totaled 51,718, a 10.55-percent increase over the same period in 2007.

Art & Culture

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:06:06 GMT

Liberation Heroes launched with Angola's Antonio Agostino Neto and continued last week with Dr Neto's mentor and comrade, the great Guinean revolutionary and thinker, Amilcar Cabral.

Culture

Thu, 29 May 2008 02:14:12 GMT

Return of Obelisk of Axoum settles Italo-Ethiopian dispute The return of the Obelisk of Axoum in Ethiopia will contr ibute to the settlement of the dispute that existed between Addis Ababa and Rome , the ...

Culture

Fri, 23 May 2008 02:44:24 GMT

Egypt's chief of antiquities on Thursday welcomed a Britis h museum's decision to cover its mummies collection.

EU clears French state aid for Caribbean overseas regions

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters): The European Commission gave the green light to France on Tuesday to dole out 500 million euros ($779 million) in state aid to support freight to overseas departments in 2007-2013. The European Union executive monitors whether the bloc's 27 members obey strict rules on state aid.

Cesaire honoured by Writers Union

Tue, 20 May 2008 11:30:31 GMT

AIME CESAIRE, renowned Martiniquan poet and father of the "Negritude" movement was honoured and remembered with a minute of silence by the Writers Union of Trinidad and Tobago at its last monthly session at the ...

Martinique man found guilty of burning woman

Sat, 17 May 2008 01:10:48 GMT

A jury in Martinique has found a man guilty of murder after he set his ex-girlfriend on fire in front of town hall three years ago. via York Dispatch

Culture

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:36:17 GMT

The 475-page book, entitled "Africa Retorts to Sarkozy", signed by 23 African authors, in response to the controversial speech delivered by the French president here last July, was Thursday presented at ... via Panapress

Slow Down in Revenue Attribued to Low Property Sales

Sun, 11 May 2008 03:22:29 GMT

A slowdown in property sales has reduced revenues coming into the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Raymond J. Williams, chief of staff for Lt. via St Croix Source

French Sailors Delighted to Find Compatriots on St. Thomas

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:11:35 GMT

"I had not known the close relation St. Thomas has with France"

" La Fougueuse, a French Navy ship based in Fort-de-France, Martinique, sailed into Crown Bay at 9 a.m. Thursday, and its captain and crew haven't had time to catch their breath since. via St Croix Source

Entertainment

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:45:49 GMT

Jamaica Broilers says thank you with Best Dressed 50 Fest WESTERN BUREAU: With a police estimate of 45,000, western Jamaica graciously accepted the 'Thank you Jamaica' gesture of Jamaica Broilers' Best Dressed ... via Jamaica Gleaner

Culture

Sun, 04 May 2008 19:38:29 GMT

The National Tourist Board of DR Congo has sig ned an agreement with the Canadian Tourist Board aimed at fostering cooperation b etween the two countries in the area of tourism. via Panapress

Dead Poets' Society

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:33:42 GMT

"In the early 1960s, many Guyanese felt ashamed of things that were clearly of African and East Indian origin. In some segments of the society, cook-up rice was considered - improper' for polite circles."

The recent passing of two very different regional poets, offers an opportunity to consider the diminishing role of literary culture in the contemporary Caribbean. via Stabroek News

Aime Cesaire, 1913-2008, Obituary of the Founder of Negritude

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:28:10 GMT

"The West told us that in order to be universal we had to start by denying that we were black"

Journal of Pan African Studies http://www.jpanafrican.com joins thousands, and perhaps millions in celebrating the life of Aim © C ©saire . Hence, we are considering featuring some of his work in the ... via Pan-African News Wire

In the Diaspora

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:08:11 GMT

By Linden Lewis, a Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA. via Stabroek News

Grief for black pride pioneer

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:58:15 GMT

FRANCE, Martinique: French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday led thousands of mourners at a state funeral in Martinique for Aime Cesaire, poet and pioneer of the black pride movement. via The Austrailian

News from Friday April 18, 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:52:06 GMT

Aime Cesaire passes on ~ Region mourns loss of a great ambassador ~ MARIGOT/FORT-DE-FRANCE--President Louis-Constant Fleming has extended his condolences on behalf of the Territorial Council, St. via The Daily Herald

Aim C saire

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:49:50 GMT

Aim Csaire, the Martinican intellectual and politician who has died aged 94, left his mark in two separate, seemingly contradictory, fields. via Guardian Unlimited

France bids farewell to Martinique's black pride poet Aime Cesaire

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AFP): French President Nicolas Sarkozy led thousands of mourners at a state funeral Sunday in Martinique for Aime Cesaire, poet and pioneer of the black pride movement. Revered on his native Caribbean island and elsewhere in the French-speaking world, Cesaire died aged 94.

France Bids Farewell to Black Pride Poet Aime Cesaire

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:40:57 GMT

"He embodied his birthplace in such a profound way that he may not have wanted to leave it, even for the Pantheon."

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to join mourners on Sunday at the state funeral of Aime Cesaire, a poet and pioneer of the black pride movement who died at age 94 in Martinique. via The Tocqueville Connection

Martinique Promotion Bureau/CMT Usa Mourns the Passing of Poet & Politician Aime Cesaire

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:52:41 GMT

The Martinique Promotion Bureau/CMT USA is mourning the loss of the Isle of Flowers ' favorite son, Aim C saire, who passed away earlier today in the island ' s capital city of Fort-de-France at the age of 94. via Earth Times

Martinique poet Aime Cesaire dies at age 94

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:35:04 GMT

"A great voice has died out, that of a man of conviction, of creation, of testimony, who awakened consciousness throughout his life, blasted apart hypocrisies, brought hope to all who were humiliated, and was a tireless fighter for human dignity"

In this March, 10, 2006 file photo, poet and former Fort de France mayor Aime Cesaire is shown after a meeting in Fort de France, Martinique. via Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Aime Cesaire, voice of French Black pride, dies

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:22:50 GMT

"Notebook of a Return to the Native Land", written in the late 1930s, in which he says "my negritude is neither tower nor cathedral, it plunges into the red flesh of the soil."

French Caribbean poet Aime Cesaire, founding father of the "negritude" movement that celebrated black consciousness, died in his native Martinique, the France's Ministry of Culture said on Thursday. via Reuters

French black identity poet Aime Cesaire dies at 94 in Martinique

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PARIS, France (AFP): French poet Aime Cesaire, an energetic promoter of black cultural identity, died Thursday in the Caribbean island of Martinique, a government source said. He was 94. Cesaire died in hospital in Fort-de-France where he had been admitted on April 9 for heart problems.

French Caribbean poet Aime Cesaire seriously ill

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:37:58 GMT

"Cesaire's health has deteriorated in recent days and his condition is worrying."

French-Caribbean writer Aime Cesaire, one of the founding fathers of the negritude movement that celebrated black consciousness, is seriously ill in hospital, officials said on Saturday. via XtraMSN Real Estate

Martinique: Martinique poet, human rights leader undergoes medical tests

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:30:36 GMT

Poet and elder statesman Aime Cesaire has been hospitalized for unknown reasons in the capital of Martinique. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Martinique

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:35:26 GMT

Paul Gauguin arrived in Martinique in 1887 to broaden his visual palette. And despite a recent building flurry of luxury resorts, much of the seaside serenity and rugged landscapes on this overseas region of ... via South Florida Sun-Sentinel