ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) - Caribbean leaders will seek common strategies to ease the impact of soaring fuel and food prices on their fragile tourism-dependent economies at an annual summit opening Tuesday in Antigua and Barbuda's capital. Political leaders of the Caribbean Community, or Caricom, will dedicate a full day to discussing ways of maintaining the region's crucial tourism industry in the face of high fuel costs and a soft American economy. Tourism is the economic cornerstone of the Caribbean, which drew more than 15 million visitors to tropical beach resorts and colonial capitals last year. Caribbean leaders worry that soaring airline-ticket prices and fewer flights could choke the stream of the vacationers that many tiny islands depend upon. "We are poised at a very interesting period with some of the challenges...
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