Caribbean Report 20-08-1996

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:30)
2. The United States retaliates against Cuban ejection of a diplomat. Rosie Hayes reports (00:31-02:59)
3. The deputy spokesman of the US State Department Glenn Davies says the charges against Ms Myers are unjustified. Glenn Davies is interviewed (03:00-04:14)
4. The Jamaat al Muslimeen is thought to embarass the government of Trinidad and Tobago. Social Development Minister Manohar Ramsaran says he is unaware of a direct link between an international pedophile ring with Belgium connections and Trinidad and Tobago street children exported for so called snuff movies. Jamaat al Muslimeen Lawyer Subhas Panday and Minister of Social Development Manohar Ramsaran are interviewed (04:15-09:32)
5. A British brand of bananas poses a concern for the regional industry. Safeway spokesman Justin Farrington-Smith and Co-ordinator of the Windward Islands Farmer Association Renwick Rose are interviewed. (09:33-13:25)
6. Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of a bloody racial clash between Caribbean Americans and Jews in Brooklyn, New York. Leslie Goffe reports (13:26-15:24)

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