Man tapped to replace disgraced Antigua regulator steps aside to avoid conflict of interest

September 8th, 2009 US tourists in Antigua blame police for brawlSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A group of New York tourists said Tuesday that a brawl they blame on plainclothes police officers in Antigua has turned their Caribbean holiday into a nightmare. An Antiguan lawyer for the six tourists from Brooklyn — who were charged with assault after refusing to pay a cab fare they thought was unfair and then scuffling with officers — said his clients will plead not guilty at a hearing Wednesday.

September 7th, 2009 6 American tourists charged in Antigua scuffleST. JOHN'S, Antigua — Six American tourists in Antigua were charged with assault and malicious damage after refusing to pay a cab fare they thought was excessive and later scuffling with police officers.

August 4th, 2009 Antigua's highest peak renamed 'Mount Obama'ST. JOHN'S, Antigua — The highest peak on the Caribbean island of Antigua has a new name: Mount Obama.

June 26th, 2009 Antigua ex-official posts bond in Stanford caseST. JOHN'S, Antigua — A lawyer for the former Antiguan financial regulator who is accused in the alleged $7 billion swindle by Texas billionaire R.

June 25th, 2009 Official: Antigua arrest in Stanford caseST. JOHN'S, Antigua — Antigua's former chief financial regulator surrendered Thursday to face U.S.

June 25th, 2009 Antiguan ex-official arrested in Stanford caseST. JOHN'S, Antigua — Antigua's former chief financial regulator surrendered Thursday to face U.S.

June 19th, 2009 Stanford indicted for alleged Ponzi schemeWASHINGTON — Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, whose sprawling banking empire collapsed this year, has been indicted for what prosecutors say is a $7 billion scheme to defraud investors.

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Now that the 'conventional conflict' in Sri Lanka has ended with the killing of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, India Monday said it was time to address root causes of the strife and called for 'political steps towards the effective devolution of power' to all communities. 'In a telephone conversation with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee earlier today, the president of Sri Lanka confirmed that armed resistance by the LTTE has come to an end and that LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead,' external affairs ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said here.

May 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and Britain have urged the Sri Lankan government as well as the Tamil Tiger rebels to take urgent steps to avoid civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband Tuesday expressed 'alarm at the large number of reported civilian causalities over the past several days' in northern Sri Lanka.

April 25th, 2009 BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in north Sri Lanka. The 27-member bloc has strongly condemned the killings of civilians and called on all parties to take necessary steps to avoid such incidents in the future, EuAsiaNews reported.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The country's telecom watchdog, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Wednesday said broadcasters should not have any control over distribution operations and vice-versa. 'Any entity having more than 20 percent equity participation in a broadcasting company cannot have more than 20 percent equity in a distributor (operators of cable, DTH, or mobile TV operators) and vice-versa,' TRAI said in a statement.

January 19th, 2009 LONDON - The eighties singer Rick Astley is set to replace disgraced singer Boy George for a British concert tour. Thesun.co.uk reports that Boy George has to spend time in jail and was supposed to headline the tour in May.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Wednesday sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking the establishment of an independent regulatory body to monitor television news channels. In the letter, of which IANS has a copy, Karat said that besides the self-regulatory mechanism of the news channels, it was necessary to have an independent media regulator and this should be 'discussed and a common approach arrived at'.

January 8th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Friday served Satyam's disgraced chief B. Ramalinga Raju with summons, asking him to appear for hearing in connection with a Rs.70-billion accounting fraud.

January 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - India's insurance watchdog Friday offered life insurers, and more particularly the private life insurers, a mega New Year gift by easing solvency norms for the third time in recent days. Solvency margin is the excess of assets that a life insurer has to maintain over its liabilities.