International

Ganja and the Caribbean Tourism Industry

October 17, 2014 in International

News Americas, LONDON, England, Fri. Oct. 17, 2014: A debate is just beginning that is unlikely to reach a conclusion anytime soon. It relates to ganja and tourism and follows from the decision by Jamaica, and in time possibly others in the Caribbean, to decriminalise...

Rivers died of low blood oxygen

October 17, 2014 in International

[caption id="attachment_695" align="alignleft" width="300"] Joan Rivers died today at age 81. (FP)[/caption] NEW YORK (AP) - Joan Rivers died of brain damage from low blood oxygen during a medical procedure to check out voice changes and reflux, the medical examiner's office ruled Thursday. The comedian, who was...

First US Ebola patient dies

October 09, 2014 in International

DALLAS (AP) - The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died in a Dallas hospital Wednesday, a little more than a week after his diagnosis exposed gaps in the nation's defences against the disease and set off a scramble to track down anyone...