Tag: Bahamas
Hurricane Ike ravages Caribbean islands
Hurricane Ike has lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and threatened to unleash its fury on the Bahamas, Cuba and the US Gulf Coast.[MORE]
Hanna lashes US coast as Hurricane Ike looms
Tropical Storm Hanna has made landfall on the border of the US states of South and North Carolina, US meteorologists said. [MORE]
Hanna rolls toward US coast, as hurricane looms
Tropical Storm Hanna has closed in on the south-eastern US coast after leaving 136 dead in Haiti, as a powerful hurricane sweeps across the Atlantic, posing a potential threat to Caribbean islands and the United States.[MORE]
Hanna death toll rises, Hurricane Ike charges on
Tropical Storm Hanna's death toll from floods and mudslides in Haiti reaches 136 as powerful Hurricane Ike charges across the Atlantic.[MORE]
Tropical Storm Hanna heads for the US
Heavy rains have flooded parts of Haiti with head-high water and sent walls of mud down the hillsides, killing at least 25 people, as Tropical Storm Hanna swirled over the Bahamas and took aim at the south-eastern United States.[MORE]
Little-known Bahamian gets tennis nod
Devin Mullings of the Bahamas, the world number 1,025, was called up as a replacement for the Olympic men's singles tennis on Saturday because there was no time to get any leading player to Beijing.[MORE]
Norman, Evert tie the knot in Bahamas
Ex-golfer Greg Norman and tennis legend Chris Evert have been married in a seaside ceremony held under a veil of tight security on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.[MORE]
15 found dead off coast of Bahamas
Rescue crews have recovered 15 bodies and three survivors off the coast of the Bahamas, after an apparent bid by migrants to flee their impoverished homelands.[MORE]
Smith's son died of drug overdose: jury
A Bahamas jury has ruled Anna Nicole Smith's son died of a drug overdose.[MORE]
Noel barrels towards Bahamas after killing 100
The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel's Caribbean rampage has risen to 100, as floodwaters hamper the rescue of people trapped on rooftops in the Dominican Republic.[MORE]
Death toll mounts as Noel menaces Bahamas
Tropical Storm Noel has strengthened as it began to head toward Florida and the Bahamas after drenching Cuba and killing at least 61 people with surging floodwaters and mudslides in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[MORE]
Bahamas postpones inquest for dead starlet's son
The long-awaited inquest into the mysterious death of Anna Nicole Smith's son convened briefly in the Bahamas on Tuesday, but was adjourned because tropical storm Noel threatened the islands.[MORE]
Date set for Daniel Smith inquest
The long-awaited inquest in the Bahamas into the death of the son of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith will begin on October 30, and could last two months.[MORE]
Knowles and Nestor in a quandary after Paris doubles win
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor captured a third grand slam doubles title together in at the French Open overnight.[MORE]
Bahamas aims for smooth sailing with film biz
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Looking through James Bond's eyes at the Bahamas - Agent 007's locale of choice for six films - all one can see is blue-glass sea and smooth white beaches made for bedding perfect women in microscopic bikinis. [MORE]
Former boyfriend named father of Anna Nicole's baby
DNA tests have confirmed that former boyfriend Larry Birkhead is the father of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's seven-month-old daughter Dannielynn.[MORE]
Anna Nicole Smith buried in the Bahamas
The funeral for Anna Nicole Smith has finally gotten under way in the Bahamas after a three-week battle for her corpse and amid continuing legal skirmishing over her five-month-old baby. [MORE]
Minister quits over Anna Nicole Smith scandal
Bahamas Immigration Minister Shane Gibson has resigned amid controversy over his involvement with the late former Playboy Playmate, Anna Nicole Smith. [MORE]
Chili spicing up meals for 6,100 years
Chili peppers have been spicing up meals in the Americas for more than 6,100 years, making them one of the region's oldest domesticated food sources, according to a study published in the journal Science.[MORE]
Bahamas to hold inquest after death of Anna Nicole's son
A coroner's inquest will be held in the Bahamas on October 23 into the death of Daniel Smith, the 20-year-old son of reality TV star and former Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith.[MORE]
Fire razes Hemingway's Bahamas bar
A fire has destroyed the Ernest Hemingway museum and The Compleat Angler bar on Friday on the Bahamian island of Bimini, one of the American novelist's 1930s haunts during the days he stalked big-game fish. [MORE]
Florida on alert for tropical storm Katrina
Emergency crews are on alert as Florida gears up for tropical storm Katrina, which was expected to intensify as it heads for the south-east coast of the peninsula after sweeping past the Bahamas.[MORE]
