Caribbean Report 29-08-1996
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1996-08-29
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:37)
2. Jamaica's Security Minister says crime is under control but the police need help. Jamaican Security Minister Kadi Knight is interviewed (00:38-03:33)
3. In Haiti demonstrators march through the streets on Wednesday and blamed the recent wave of violence on Haiti's disbanded military. Michael Norton reports (03:34-04:39)
4. This morning the North Eastern Leeward Islands from Antigua to St. Maarten were put on alert to prepare for the possible dangers posed by Hurricane Fran. Meteorologist Mike Hopkins of the National Hurricane Centre in Miami is interviewed (04:40-05:51)
5. The United States government bans Louis Farrakhan from taking Libyan funds. We assess the impact on the Nation of Islam. Political Analyst and Writer on Race Issues in Los Angeles Earl Ofari Hutchinson is interviewed (05:52-10:00)
6. As judges prepare to discuss applying human rights within Caribbean Courts one critic says the first step should be training. Legal Rights Officer Natalia Shifrin and Victor Cuffy, Executive Secretary of the Caribbean Human Rights Association based in St. Vincent are interviewed (10:01-13:54)
7. Senior Turkish and Cuban officials signed an economic corporation accord in Ankara today pledging to boost their currently negligible trade ties with the agreement that both the two countries grant each other most favoured nation status. Director General of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States Swinburne Lestrade is interviewed (13:55-15:20)
2. Jamaica's Security Minister says crime is under control but the police need help. Jamaican Security Minister Kadi Knight is interviewed (00:38-03:33)
3. In Haiti demonstrators march through the streets on Wednesday and blamed the recent wave of violence on Haiti's disbanded military. Michael Norton reports (03:34-04:39)
4. This morning the North Eastern Leeward Islands from Antigua to St. Maarten were put on alert to prepare for the possible dangers posed by Hurricane Fran. Meteorologist Mike Hopkins of the National Hurricane Centre in Miami is interviewed (04:40-05:51)
5. The United States government bans Louis Farrakhan from taking Libyan funds. We assess the impact on the Nation of Islam. Political Analyst and Writer on Race Issues in Los Angeles Earl Ofari Hutchinson is interviewed (05:52-10:00)
6. As judges prepare to discuss applying human rights within Caribbean Courts one critic says the first step should be training. Legal Rights Officer Natalia Shifrin and Victor Cuffy, Executive Secretary of the Caribbean Human Rights Association based in St. Vincent are interviewed (10:01-13:54)
7. Senior Turkish and Cuban officials signed an economic corporation accord in Ankara today pledging to boost their currently negligible trade ties with the agreement that both the two countries grant each other most favoured nation status. Director General of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States Swinburne Lestrade is interviewed (13:55-15:20)