Caribbean Report 07-03-1996

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)
2. St. Lucia's Labour Party is to chose a new leader at its convention next month as Julian Hunte has stepped down. Dr Kenny Anthony is considered a front runner for the position of leader. Dr Kenny Anthony is interviewed (00:26-02:53)
3. Cuba is outraged by tighter sanctions soon to be implemented by the United States. Head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, DC Miguel Nunez, Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina, Senator Jesse Helms and United States Ambassador Madeleine Albright are interviewed. Carol Orr reports (02:54-06:10)
4. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has agreed to investigate the recent shooting down by the Cuban military of the light US aircrafts and the alleged violations of Cuba's airspace (06:11-06:47)
5. A planned amendment to the United States Immigration Bill could mean work for Caribbean people. Leslie Goffe reports (06:48-08:21)
6. Dominica's Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas has welcomed a London court's decision to uphold Saudi's dissident Mohammad Al-Massari's appeal against deportation to the island. Opposition Leader Rosie Douglas is interviewed (08:22-10:57)
7. The case of French St. Maarten residence against the State continues. The Court in Guadeloupe has approved the residence claim that their civil rights were violated when their homes were destroyed after hurricane Lewis. Geraldine Cockland reports (10:58-12:26)
8. The German transport ministry has said that a combination of pilot error and equipment failure may have been to blame for the crash a month ago for the Boeing 757 off the Dominican Republic. All one hundred and eighty-nine people abroad were killed (12:27-12:52)
9. Caribbean governments are being encouraged to take a serious look at the issue of reparation for descendants of slaves. Labour Peer Lord Clifford QC who lives in Jamaica will open a debate on the issue to the British House of Lords in March. Labour Peer Lord Clifford is interviewed (12:53-15:01)

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