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			<title>Opinion and nothing more</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12673</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As I read most of these comments, I have to note that most of what is said is simply opinion fueled by bias and nothing more. I would suggest that people try to find out both sides of the story before they cast judgement. We need facts, not opinions. Opinions don't put food on the table. Opinions don't create jobs. Cruise ships that drop 150,000 people on our shores in one year create jobs. $17,000,000/yea r/boat feeds people. This issue with the American tourists should be handled with care lest we damage our broader interests. It is not simply a case of thuggish Americans acting up. There is more to it.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>namaste</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Antigua and the US should not have to go to war on this!</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12633</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PS
It does not make any sense to bash all Antiguans or the African Americans for this incident. In every society you do have misunderstandin gs or some idiots that will do foolish things and leaders should recognize this and resolve when this happens. That is what governments do in a democracy - serve and protect their citizens. Both parties are wrong so our court system need to do their work quickly and resolve this nightmare and save Antigua more international disgrace.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Concerned Observer</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Observer says:</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12631</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This could have been settled outside the court. The court and the police system seem to be the problem. This could have been settled in one court session. Just hurry up and charge the folks the fee for breaking the and let them go back home. The court should be concentration on other pressing issues.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Observer</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>visitor says:</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12582</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It really aggravate the hell out of me every time i see some comments about these tourist, this "voice of reason" seem to have some sort of problems with balck americans,none of you are angels,and none of you were there,we all know that police like to take advantage of people, are you trying to say that because they are cops that however they act people should humble to them,well sorry to tell ar u this,but only in a,gua that we behave like ass holes for everything,dont you all think its really time for these people to go home? do what ever is needed and send them home,after all no crime was comitted,send the dam people home,this is a mockery of justice.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>visitor</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Was the price worrth the pain?</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12449</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You are going to tell me that these thugs refused to get back on their ship for $16.67/each? They are thugs and this is behavior that is normal for these types of people. Get loud ,act a fool and get arrested. Remember, most black americans going to jail is a rite of passage into adult-hood and thug life is the way to live. Thugs come from all professions. You can take the man out the ghetto but you cannot take the ghetto out the man. As the mighty boldface would say "when u nuh kno..u jus nuh kno" they dont know how to use a level head to get out of a bad situation.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Voice of Reason</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Are these people for real?</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12421</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Anyone who thinks they could go from the port to Jolly Harbour for $2.50 one way is ridiculous. How far do they think they would get for 2.50 in New York........... ....sorry, I don't buy it. I think they got rowdy and let their mouths do their thinking....... ............... ....]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Tigerlily</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>UpperEnd says:</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12391</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Antigua will survive!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>UpperEnd</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>UpperEnd says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[These people have an agenda which is to destroy Antigua's tourism because 6 people behaved badly. Let is remain strong and fight this thing out otherwise we will lose our self respect.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>UpperEnd</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>MsLake says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why is it when we stand up for our Nation, we are all of sudden viewed as "DUNCES "? Why, cant we (Antiguans) be patriotic too?
Talk about Antigua begging for loans, could that be the same as the USA deficit? We beg and they(USA) let their citizens starve, they allow "children to be left behind" and they have send the USA into total economic up-roar.
...... ..........talk about begging!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>MsLake</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>antiguanamerican says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[americanantigua n --- SHAME on you not to recognize that this article is reproduce from Huffington Post which is an American Blog. I'll help you www.huffingtonpost.com.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>antiguanamerican</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Time to defend Antigua</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12333</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nobody other than these people are telling the truth, the woman who testified that she saw what happened, according to one who testified today, the woman lied because she lived in the same village as one of the police officers. Now come on, nobody told these people that they should be apologetic, because that may carries more weight.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Avid Watcher</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Dunces</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12330</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Its a pity that all you ANTIGUAN DUNCES are even allowed to write on this sight. Here you are, as far back as can be remember running aroung the world begging for loans to support yourselves, and not just Spencer, this goes back all the way to PAPA BIRD, WALTERS, LESTER. every one of your leaders, yet as soon as you have a crisis you think you are BIGGER THAN THE WORLD AND YOU CAN STAND ALONE. FOOLS you have nothing but sand sea and sun, and so does the rest of the Caribbean. Tourism is your life support, loose that and you think things are hard NOW!!!!!!! AND IT WONT BE BALDWINS FAULT. IT WILL BE THE DUNCES that have convinced Carnival and other cruise lines to bypass wadadli. PEOPLE WAKE UP]]></description>
			<dc:creator>SIRIER48</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>fix the taxi situation now !!!</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12319</link>
			<description><![CDATA[if it is one thing we HAVE to learn from this experience is that we need to fix our taxi situation ... we have allot of taxi men operating in sensative tourist spots and allot of them don't come from Antigua and dont even know the history or legends of the country but they are taking up tourists and are therefore ambassadors for the few minutes they have the tourists with them ... legislation is needed urgently to stop this and have TRAINED taxi drivers at the ports, hotels and airports who even if they are not from Antigua or Barbuda they can atleast know the history & legend of the country and have some customer relations skills !!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>George Lester Baldwin Bird</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>truth</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12315</link>
			<description><![CDATA[please lets not rush to judge them. we all know the police reputaion and it's not impossibe that they are victims of police brutality. remember who brought that charge and who they are said to be in fighting with...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>wayne marsh</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>j says:</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12309</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Can u imagine these people are in a hotel relaxing until court dates? i wonder how different are they from me that would commit a crime in my country?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>j</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Frequent traveler well said</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12296</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I travel all over the world and would never even consider doing what these people did, now they want everyone to come to their defense. The rule of thumb is BEHAVE YOURSELF IN ANOTHER MANS LAND, leave the vagabondness where it belongs in your backyard. For Americans, American can't do crap for you.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Avid Watcher</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>RE:UNI</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12294</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Culture..Cultur e......
They are raised with the perception that Americans can do what ever they like wherever they go and call on the BIG BAD WOLF to save them.
So I say once again "who the hell are these people to point a finger at MY legal system!
To Powell the next time you decide to do an investigative piece, get some stats to get with it. Find some ethos. Then ask yourself, I am CREDITABLE to write this piece, much less present it?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>MsLake</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Avid Watcher says:</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12288</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Before he wrote this article he should have gone to the US State Department and find out the # of Americans that get arrested on foreign soil each year. There is absolutely nothing the American gov't can do, but send someone to observe, they cannot interfere. Whatever you do in a soverign country you are subject to the laws of that country the same as the citizens. I gather they are black and Obama who is black should intervene, he should have gone to the State Department that is what they are there for.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Avid Watcher</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: americanantigua n ......This is a repost of an article from the huffingtonpost. com not caribarena.com</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12287</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I think Mr. Powell seriously needs to get off his high horse! From his apparent rational all US citizens should be afforded a "GET OUT OF JAIL FREE I'M GREATER THAN GOD PASS"! Can you say hell in Mexico? His article was totally one sided which I can't really fault him with as I expected nothing better but if he wishes to be considered a serious journalist it's imperative to be impartial and view both sides from an unbias point of view as much as possible. Does he really think despite the danger they claim they felt they were in that their actions and behaviour were acceptable? What about the others who left untouched? WRONG DOESN'T MAKE A RIGHT!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Have Mercy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>OMG</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12284</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If these people are out, what is the problem? Are they still over in Antigua or have they left and returned back to the states? It is unfortunate about what happened to these tourists, but I bet the next time they travel abroad, they will think twice about their actions. I am a firm believer that you have to pick and choose your battles and when you are in another country, you MUST abide by their laws. Stop trying to bring your American tactics to their country. IT DOES NOT WORK. What works in the US, it does not work abroad. Exercise good judgment when traveling.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>frequenttraveler</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>a painful and costly lesson</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12282</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Normal one way cab fare is $6 ($132 RT for 11). And they didn't question a RT fare of $50? $100 was very reasonable. The Americans forgot the most important thing, getting back to the ship. It is simply just not worth fighting over an additional $4.55 per person and risk not being able to make it back to the ship before it sailed. Is this worthy of the highest attention of the Obama Administration - absolutely not. Let the case play itself out in court. The Americans have already learned a very painful and costly lesson. Is the principal of refusing to pay additional $4.55 per person really worth what they have gone through over the last 3 week? I think not.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Crystalbast</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>americanantiguan says:</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12277</link>
			<description><![CDATA[total BS. i wish Caribarena would employ some better writers, but it's the editor here who's dropping the ball. The court is doing it's job and a far better job than is done in many american courts as we have seen in the media time and time again. These guys were detained for a weekend and have been out ever since.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>americanantiguan</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Well...well...w ell</title>
			<link>http://caribarena.com/antigua/news/latest/5549-american-tourists-detained-and-forgotten.html#comment-12269</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It seems like this author thinks that the judiciary system in Antigua is not working. It is either that or he believes that America should have the final say in the matter just because It is the biggest and baddest...Well just like when Caribbean nationals or any immigrant as a matter of fact commits a criminal offence in America, there is nothing that can be done about it until the rulling has been passed. So i dont see why it should be different in this case. What is so special about americans why they should get specail privelidges that no one else receives??? Could someone please tell me because i would like to know...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Uni</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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