Caribbean Report 17-07-1996
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1996-07-17
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:35)
2. A former government minister is awarded a record $80.7 million in a libel suit against Jamaica's Gleaner Newspaper. JLP Tourism Minister Anthony Abraham and Gleaner's Managing Director Oliver Clarke are interviewed (00:36-04:28)
3. Reaction to President Clinton's apparent compromise on Helms-Burton appears to be favourable. Peter Scott, Havana Asset Management, Dan Burton, Republican Representative and Michael Rainsberger, State Department Cuban Expert are interviewed and Rosie Hayes reports (04:29-09:15)
4. The United States applies the death penalty in an arbitary and racial discriminatory way according to our report by the International Commission of Jurists. Executive Secretary of the International Commission of Jurists Sigrid Higgins is interviewed (09:16-11:59)
5. A claim that three out of four track and field atlethes have taken drugs to boost performance is dismissed in the Trinidadian camp in Atlanta. Team Doctor Michael Turner and Chef de Mission Douglas Camacho are interviewed (12:00-15:18)
2. A former government minister is awarded a record $80.7 million in a libel suit against Jamaica's Gleaner Newspaper. JLP Tourism Minister Anthony Abraham and Gleaner's Managing Director Oliver Clarke are interviewed (00:36-04:28)
3. Reaction to President Clinton's apparent compromise on Helms-Burton appears to be favourable. Peter Scott, Havana Asset Management, Dan Burton, Republican Representative and Michael Rainsberger, State Department Cuban Expert are interviewed and Rosie Hayes reports (04:29-09:15)
4. The United States applies the death penalty in an arbitary and racial discriminatory way according to our report by the International Commission of Jurists. Executive Secretary of the International Commission of Jurists Sigrid Higgins is interviewed (09:16-11:59)
5. A claim that three out of four track and field atlethes have taken drugs to boost performance is dismissed in the Trinidadian camp in Atlanta. Team Doctor Michael Turner and Chef de Mission Douglas Camacho are interviewed (12:00-15:18)