Caribbean Report 08-01-2001

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)
2. Dominica tries to improve ties with Libya over United States subjections. Prime Minister Pierre Charles is interviewed and Emma Joseph reports (00:28-02:20)
3. That the British government fails to notify Anguilla on the change in gay laws. Anguilla's Chief Minister Oswald Fleming and Acting Governor Roger Cousins are interviewed (02:21-07:23)
4. Guyana's government is digging in its heels over demands to leave office. General Secretary of the Ruling People's Progressive Party Donald Ramotar is interviewed and Colin Smith reports (07:24-09:32)
5. In Trinidad and Tobago, the government of Basdeo Panday is pondering its next move after the President A.N.R. Robinson decided to stand firm in refusing to swear in as ministers seven candidates who lost in the recent elections. Tony Fraser reports (09:33-12:43)
6. Thirty-three countries on a tax haven blacklist by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development are meeting in Barbados. Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon and Prime Minister Owen Arthur are interviewed. Bertrand Niles reports (12:44-15:27)

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