YEPPOON, Australia (AFP) - Two powerful cyclones roared ashore in Australia Friday leaving a trail of destruction with buildings severely damaged, trees uprooted and power lines downed, cutting electricity to thousands of people. Tropical Cyclone Marcia, a category five tempest, slammed into the Queensland coast just...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) - West Indies linchpin Darren Sammy has been cleared to play in their pivotal World Cup match against Pakistan in Christchurch on Saturday after being hampered by a back strain in their first up loss to Ireland. "We should have a full...
(Reuters) – Senior Pakistani army and diplomatic officials said on Thursday the Afghan Taliban have signaled through the Pakistani military that they are willing to open peace talks, which could begin later in the day. Sources in the Afghan Taliban said their negotiators would hold a...
(Reuters) – The victim of a racist incident involving Chelsea soccer fans in the Paris metro did not know the incident had been filmed and widely broadcast and will now lodge an official complaint with police, he told French daily Le Parisien. “I don’t speak a...
[caption id="attachment_3716" align="alignright" width="300"] Sir Milton Pentonville Allen 1888-1981[/caption] On leaving school Milton Allen was apprentice to a tailor in Basseterre and then emigrated to the United States in search of a better future. In 1937 he married Annie Locker, Head Teacher at the Sandy Point...