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POLITICS: Climate Change High on Commonwealth Agenda

By Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov 23 (IPS) - But the Nov. 27-29 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has already attracted French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and there is media speculation that U.S. President...

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CHOGM will dispel pessimism about Copenhagen: Trinidad PM

By Paras Ramoutar, Port-of-Spain, Nov 24 : The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here will "lead the way" for the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, according to Trinidad and...

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Commonwealth leaders weigh Rwanda membership

By Chris Cobb, Ottawa Citizen November 23, 2009 7:06 AM Photograph by: File, Ottawa Citizen PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — Prime Minister Stephen Harper joins other Commonwealth leaders here later this week faced with the...

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PM to travel to Trinidad and Tobago for CHOGM

Prime Minister John Key will leave for Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. The 2009 CHOGM, to be held in the capital, Port of Spain, from 27 to 29 November, comes as the...

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Manmohan Singh cherishes great American hopes

Manmohan Singh cherishes great American hopes Express Buzz NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Washington on Saturday, saying he hoped to build upon the momentum of India's transformed relations with the United...

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On high voltage

Carnivals in Trinidad are a vortex of swirling colours, sounds and rhythms, revealing a nation's electric soul… SHOBHA GUPTA GALLAGHER Photos: Shobha Gupta Gallagher Celebration time: An annual cleansing ritual… Some call it a...

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Despite a sudden nip in the India-US air, Manmohan Singh sets out on US visit

By M Rama Rao, India Editor, Asian Tribune New Delhi, 22 Nov (Asiantribune.com): Post - Obama visit to Beijing nip in the wind notwithstanding, India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday morning set out on his long journey...

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Manmohan Singh to get Buss-up-shut at Commonwealth summit

By Paras Ramoutar, Port-of-Spain, Nov 21 : Buss-up-shut, a type of paratha, along with other local curries washed down with coconut water will be on the menu of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he arrives in this...

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Arrested daughter 'was abducted'

The mother of a Warwickshire woman who is facing drug charges in Trinidad says her daughter is innocent. Danielle Brooks, 23, from Stratford-upon-Avon, was arrested on the Caribbean island on 30 October. Her mother Julie Brooks...

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Considerations before Commonwealth

The Commonwealth may at times act as referee to its mix of young and old member states, but more often it has to provide the services of a coach. Leaders of a quarter of the world’s countries meet in Port of Spain in the last...

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