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- Police: Gunman wounds 3 outside California church
(AP)
 AP - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said.
- Police: Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church
(AP)
AP - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said.
- [$] CARIBBEAN LEADER FACES VOTE TODAY
The Prime Minister of this tiny Caribbean nation faces the voters Monday after an election campaign in which her opponent criticized what he called her ''slavish'' ties to the United States. Prime Minister Eugenia Charles, whose backing for the invasion of neighboring Grenada thrust her into the international spotlight in 1983, is trying to win a second five-year term. The expectation here is that Miss Charles, a 66-year-old lawyer, will win. But the contest is considered close in several parts...
- [$] PRO-U.S. DOMINICA PREMIER WINS A SECOND 5-YEAR TERM
Prime Minister Eugenia Charles, a leading advocate of the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983, won a second five-year term today. Her Dominica Freedom Party won 15 of the 21 seats in Parliament, two less than in the 1980 election. The opposition Dominica Labor Party won 5 seats, and the other seat went to the lone candidate of the United Dominica Labor Party.
- 4 Caribbean Islands Quicken Pace Toward Union
Inspired by moves toward integration among the world's industrialized countries, four eastern Caribbean islands have accelerated efforts at total political and economic union. Faced with limited access to credit and little bargaining power in international forums, leaders of the islands, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Dominica, which form part of the Windward Islands chain, recently began a series of public assemblies that they hope will lead as early as next year to the creation of a sing...
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Carib Indians inhabited Grenada when COLUMBUS discovered the island in 1498, but it remained uncolonized for more than a century. The French settled Grenada in the 17th century, established sugar estates, and imported large numbers of African slaves. Britain took the island in 1762 and vigorously expanded sugar production. In the 19th century, cacao eventually surpassed sugar as the main export crop; in the 20th century, nutmeg became the leading export. In 1967, Britain gave Grenada autonomy over its internal affairs. Full independence was attained in 1974 making Grenada one of the smallest independent countries in the Western Hemisphere. Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year and have continued since that time. Hurricane Ivan struck Grenada in September of 2004 causing severe damage.
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