September 2014

Upbeat Windies enter first Test against Bangladesh Friday

September 05, 2014 in Sports

[caption id="attachment_698" align="alignleft" width="300"] West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin[/caption] KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) – A buoyant West Indies enter the first Test against Bangladesh on Friday in St Vincent, convinced they can brush aside the minnows and extend their domination of the home series. The hosts rolled...

Joan Rivers dies

September 05, 2014 in International

[caption id="attachment_695" align="alignleft" width="300"] Joan Rivers died today at age 81. (FP)[/caption] Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died today. She was 81. Rivers was hospitalised...

Brazil’s breast milk success story

September 05, 2014 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_689" align="alignleft" width="300"] A mother donates milk at the Fernandes Figueira Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)[/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Thirty years ago, poor Brazilian women were paid for their breast milk, leaving their children at risk of malnourishment. Equipment at the...