Bush reshuffles before policy shift on Iraq war
United States President George W. Bush yesterday nominated former Baghdad envoy John Negroponte to be deputy secretary of state as part of a reshuffle of his diplomatic and military team ahead of a policy shift on Iraq.
Police showed restraint in not arresting Panday
Trinidad and Tobago police said they exercised "a lot of restraint" by not arresting former prime minister Basdeo Panday when anti-corruption officers went to his home in Central Trinidad to execute a search warrant on Thursday.
Coup leader sworn in as PM
Fiji's military commander tightened his grip on power when he was sworn in as interim prime minister yesterday, exactly a month after his bloodless coup overthrew the South Pacific nation's elected government.
No timeline on plane search
Indonesia's president wants full resources devoted to the hunt for a missing plane carrying 102 people, without the search being limited by a timeline, the country's transport minister said yesterday.
Caribbean briefs
Officials from the National Fairtrade Organisation in Britain will visit farms across the Windward Islands in a move designed to encourage farmers to boost production under the Fairtrade label.
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