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Barbados: Ottawa Woman Remains in Coma After Beating

Date: March 12th, 2009 |

A Canadian woman from Ottawa remains in a coma after she and her daughter-in-law were brutally beaten with a piece of wood in a midday attack on Long Beach Feb. 28. In April 2008, two other Canadian women were attacked by a man with a knife on the same beach, also during the day. Such [read more]

Caribbean: Cricket World Cup

Date: February 14th, 2007 |

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The Cricket World Cup will be played March 5-April 28 on various Caribbean islands. Large numbers of fans from participating countries are likely to attend, putting a strain on basic services from hotel accommodations to transportation to medical assistance. Matches are scheduled in Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, [read more]

Caribbean: Risks at Cricket World Cup Venues

Date: February 28th, 2007 |

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There are no credible threats to the Cricket World Cup that begins March 5, but other risks in host countries can be generally classified. Islands with low to moderate crime threats are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Lucia. Countries with high crime threats include [read more]

Barbados

Date: May 11th, 2004 |

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The U.S. State Department apologized to the government of Barbados for erroneously reporting that violent crime was rising in the island nation and its police force was inept. The advisory was meant for another Caribbean nation but was posted in a report about Barbados on the State Department�s web site for four months before it [read more]

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