Antigua and Barbuda

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Antigua and Barbuda is located between latitude 17 0' and 17 45' N and longitude 62040' and 62 54' W (Map 1), and has a total land area of 440 km 2 (Antigua 280 km2, Barbuda 160 km2) and population of 65,200 (Antigua 64,000,...

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Coral highlights complexity of climate change

Eli Fuller traverses the waters of Antigua's south shore like it was his backyard pool. He cuts left and right on his 45-foot speedboat the Xtreme, confidently dodging crosscurrents and coral reefs, saltwater spraying behind...

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Trinidad, Colombian cement companies to battle for market share

ANTIGUA AND Barbuda officials are anticipating lower prices for cement after the Colombian cement giant, Cementos Argos, said it was prepared to battle the regional cement manufacturer, Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL), for...

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Sniper with Antigua links executed in US

VIRGINIA, United States, November 11, 2009 - John Allen Muhammad was executed by lethal injection last night in a state prison in Virginia with some of the families of the victims watching him take his last breath. His death...

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Founder of offshore business in Antigua jailed

The founder of an illegal offshore online business, which had been operating in Antigua and Barbuda, has been jailed in the United States and ordered to forfeit millions of dollars after admitting to federal racketeering charges.

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Antigua to strip accused Stanford of knighthood

MIAMI (Reuters) - Antigua and Barbuda is set to revoke the knighthood it gave Texas financier Allen Stanford, who is awaiting trial on charges he operated a $7 billion fraud using his bank on the twin-island Caribbean nation.

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Secretary Clinton Congratulates Antigua and Barbuda on Their Independence

On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of Antigua and Barbuda on their celebration of 28 years as an independent nation on November 1. Our two nations are bound together by...

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Everyday is special - 1 November 2009

Today is World Vegan Day, a holiday celebrated since 1994 on Nov. 1, the anniversary of the creation of The Vegan Society. On this day in 1928, the current 29-letter Turkish alphabet was established by the Law on the Adoption...

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House ethics subcommittee probed lawmakers' trips

After receiving a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics, the House ethics committee announced in June that it would create an investigative subcommittee to look into "officially connected travel in 2007 and 2008 that...

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Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua's Toxic Cocktail: Fact v Fiction - Information Management Solutions

In a culture where gossip is news, where questions are met with indignation instead of answers, and where, by law, the Ministers' definition of "public good" cannot be questioned, facts and fiction are readily and frequently...

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