http://www.balancednewsblog.com Left and Right, both sides get a fair shot. Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/06/01/prince-william-deployed-to-caribbean/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/06/01/prince-william-deployed-to-caribbean/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:02:44 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/?p=3925 Prince William, who begins a two-month deployment in the Royal Navy on Monday, it will be the azure waters of the West Indies, on board the HMS Iron Duke, a frigate that will be on hurricane relief duty and counter-narcotics patrol.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/06/01/prince-william-deployed-to-caribbean/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/03/28/cuba-allowing-cellphones/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/03/28/cuba-allowing-cellphones/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:52:14 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/03/28/cuba-allowing-cellphones/ Raul Castro's government said Friday it is allowing cellphones for ordinary Cubans, a luxury previously reserved for those who worked for foreign firms or held key posts with the communist-run state.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/03/28/cuba-allowing-cellphones/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/25/raul-castro-chosen-to-succeed-fidel/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/25/raul-castro-chosen-to-succeed-fidel/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:42:55 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/25/raul-castro-chosen-to-succeed-fidel/ Fidel Castro's nearly five decades of rule ended Sunday when Cuba's National Assembly chose his younger brother Raul to be the country's new president.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/25/raul-castro-chosen-to-succeed-fidel/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/24/cuba-to-elect-new-leader/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/24/cuba-to-elect-new-leader/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:01:25 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/24/cuba-to-elect-new-leader/ Cuba's National Assembly is due to select a new head of state to replace Fidel Castro, 81, who is stepping down after nearly half a century in charge.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/24/cuba-to-elect-new-leader/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/19/castros-reign-over-cuba-ends/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/19/castros-reign-over-cuba-ends/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:25:22 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/19/castros-reign-over-cuba-ends/ Fidel Castro, ailing and 81, announced Tuesday he was resigning as Cuba’s president, ending a half-century of autocratic rule which made him a communist icon and a relentless opponent of U.S. policy around the globe.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2008/02/19/castros-reign-over-cuba-ends/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/08/18/hurricane-dean-dealing-damage-to-caribbean/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/08/18/hurricane-dean-dealing-damage-to-caribbean/#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:33:37 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/?p=3398 Hurricane Dean could become a Category Five monster as it gathers force in the Caribbean this weekend, forecasters said.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/08/18/hurricane-dean-dealing-damage-to-caribbean/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/04/21/brian-lara-retires/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/04/21/brian-lara-retires/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:16:58 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/?p=3187 Brian Lara announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday night, ending a record-breaking career of one of the sport's greatest ever batsmen.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/04/21/brian-lara-retires/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/03/31/scotland-yard-on-woolmer-case/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/03/31/scotland-yard-on-woolmer-case/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:48:34 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/?p=3061 Scotland Yard detectives will travel to Jamaica next week to conduct a review of the Bob Woolmer murder investigation, amid fears that local police may have missed vital clues.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/03/31/scotland-yard-on-woolmer-case/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/03/18/pakistan-cricket-coach-dead-in-jamaica/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/03/18/pakistan-cricket-coach-dead-in-jamaica/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:02:22 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/?p=2984 Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer has died after being discovered in his Jamaica hotel room on Sunday morning.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2007/03/18/pakistan-cricket-coach-dead-in-jamaica/feed/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2006/12/02/raul-castro-ready-to-talk-to-us/ http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2006/12/02/raul-castro-ready-to-talk-to-us/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:36:40 +0000 R. Dows http://www.balancednewsblog.com/?p=2779 Cuba's communist interim leader Raul Castro, in a shift from the tack of his ailing brother Fidel Castro, has overnight pushed for negotiations with the United States to end decades of tense ties.]]> http://www.balancednewsblog.com/2006/12/02/raul-castro-ready-to-talk-to-us/feed/