Caribbean Report 15-08-2001

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1. Headlines (00:00-00:24)
2. Controversial list and Caribbean mission to Libya will go ahead without Antigua and Barbuda. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Dominica's Opposition Leader Edison James are interviewed (00:25-04:42)
3. Jamaica's political leaders agree to meet as violence erupts again in West Kingston. Conrad Hamilton reports from Kingston, Jamaica (04:43-06:18)
4. Trinidadian Prime Minister Basdeo Panday tones down the rhetoric. Prime Minister Basdeo Panday and Senior Cabinet Minister Trevor Sudama are interviewed. Tony Fraser reports (06:19-08:06)
5. Caribbean countries have made clear that as part of the group of developing nations they are not keen on a new rounds of global trade talks. Economic Consultant and Former Head of Economics at the Commonwealth Secretariat Bishnodat Persad is interviewed (08:07-11:26)
6. Dozens of police officers on the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico could be on their way to jail following an investigation by Federal and Local Authorities. FBI spokesman in San Juan, Puerto Rico Eric Rivera is interviewed and Emma Joseph reports (11:27-13:16)
7. Non-governmental organisation in the United States are divided on whether the US should be a willing partner on this month's United Nations conference on racism. Barbados Representative David Commissiong and William Spriggs of the National Urban League are interviewed. Bertrand Niles reports (13:17-15:20)

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