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A robbery and assault on three gay American tourists at their vacation cottage has St. Lucia officials scrambling to assure visitors that the southern Caribbean island is safe and welcoming for homosexuals.
Fire swept through a hospital on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia on Wednesday, killing three patients even as others were rescued by neighbors who raced through the flames.
St. Lucia's top tourism official was disappointed British singer Amy Winehouse cut short her performance at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival last week because of heavy rain, but he praised the troubled retro-soul star for bringing buzz to the event.
Singing schoolchildren and red carpets welcomed Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to St. Lucia on Tuesday for his first visit since the small Caribbean island shifted diplomatic ties to Taipei instead of rival China.
Hurricane Dean has delivered a potentially fatal blow to a once-vibrant banana industry on three small eastern Caribbean islands, authorities said Saturday.
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