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World sprint champion Marion Jones (C-3357) dashes over the track 27 September, 2000 in heat 1 of the women's 200m Round 1 at the Sydney Olympic Games. From L-R: Monica Afia Twum of Ghana, Felipa Palacios (placed third in heat) of Colombia, Jones, Cydonie Mothersill (placed second in heat) of the Cayman Islands and Oxana Ekk of Russia. Jones, who won the 2000 Olympic gold medal in the women's 100m on 23 September and hopes to win gold in the 200 metres, the long jump and the 4x100 and 4x400 metres sprint relays. Jones placed first in the heat with 22.75 secs. AFP PHOTO/Olivier MORIN.
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Mitt Romney has invested his money around the world, from the Cayman Islands to Ireland to Australia. We don’t know if he’s using these accounts to avoid paying his fair share in taxes, but we do know that in 2010, Romney’s tax rate was a startlingly low 13.9%
We haven't even started really talking in Ohio about Mitt Romney having a Swiss bank account and Mitt Romney putting a portion of his wealth, having it invested in the Cayman Islands
You have confused lobbying Parliament, which I do not do, with lobbying the Government which I do. I am very clear that if there was a measure before The House of Lords on any matter relating to the Cayman Islands then I would not lobby Lords on it nor speak nor vote on it.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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US tourist dies while snorkeling in Cayman Islands
-- Cayman Islands police say a Florida man has died while snorkeling during a vacation in the British Caribbean territory.A police statement says the 56-year-old tourist from Tampa died while snorkeling off Grand Cayman 's east end.Police spokeswoman Janet Read more »
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CONCACAF nations lash out at disgraced ex-leaders
Blazer was outlined to 40 soccer nations Wednesday, just minutes after they elected Jeffrey Webb as their new president.The Cayman Islands banker was the only candidate to succeed disgraced former FIFA vice president Warner. He resigned last June to avoid Read more »
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Baby red crabs invade Cayman Islands
-- Hundreds of thousands of baby red crabs are invading the Cayman Islands in an annual migration that residents say is more pronounced this year.The crabs are blanketing roads and crawling up buildings in an event that is expected to last about a month.The Read more »
Around the web
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5 Invasive Species You Should Be Eating
year I spent some time hunting lionfish in the Cayman Islands with Nat Robb and Artemis "Art" Hintze of Indepth Water Sports. Like a lot of the dive industry people there, Robb and Hintze were fed up with the way that lionfish, a voracious invasive species 5/29/12 from Popular Mechanics Read more »
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Packaged food maker Tingyi's profit up 61%
(Cayman Islands) Holding Corp, China's biggest maker of packaged food, said its profits in the first quarter of the year increased by 61 percent as it booked a provisional gain from its alliance with PepsiCo Inc. Its net income rose to $198 million in the from China Daily Read more »
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US tourist dies while snorkeling in Cayman Islands
Islands police say a Florida man has died while snorkeling during a vacation in the British Caribbean territory. A police statement says the 56-year-old tourist from Tampa died while snorkeling off Grand Cayman's east end. Police spokeswoman Janet Dougall from Taiwan News Read more »
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US tourist dies while snorkeling in Cayman Islands
President Barack Obama is paying tribute to fallen warriors on Memorial Day, attending a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and honoring those who died in the Vietnam War. President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died d from San Diego Local News 1 Read more »
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US tourist dies while snorkeling in Cayman Islands
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