A federal lawsuit has been filed in New York challenging the constitutionality of a US policy that compels Americans who travel to Cuba to disclose details about their spending.

The Centre for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit legal advocacy group which filed the suit, said the policy forces travellers to incriminate themselves.

American citizens can technically travel to Cuba but are barred from spending money there without authorisation from the Treasury Department.

Unlicensed US travellers face fines of up to $10,000.

Ministry home gutted in Guyana

The headquarters of Guyana's Ministry of Health was destroyed early on Friday in a fire authorities suspect was deliberately set.

	The health minister said he hoped to have the ministry up and running within months

Eyewitnesses say the historic wooden building was completely engulfed within minutes of the fire starting around 2 a.m.

Health Minister Leslie Ransammy told BBC Caribbean: "It appears to me from all that I'm hearing is that it is a clear case of arson."

He said that the fire wouldn't stop the ministry rendering service to Guyanese.

C&W business falls

Cable and Wireless says its telecoms business in the Caribbean has been affected by a further drop in tourist numbers.

The company, now operating as LIME in the region, said it was offsetting the decline through cost-cutting.

LIME said domestic fixed line minutes fell by 9 percent in the first quarter in the Caribbean, while average revenue per mobile user is down 8 percent.

Stanford receiver seeks court help

The US court-appointed receiver in the Allen Stanford fraud case has asked for the help of a private equity adviser to manage the estate's web of investments.

Those assets total about $650 million, according to a filing in federal court in Dallas.

Mr Stanford is accused by US prosecutors of leading a $7 billion Ponzi scheme involving certificates of deposit issued by his bank in Antigua.

He has denied any wrongdoing.

Jackson brothers for reggae festival

The organisers of Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica say three of Michael Jackson's brothers will attend next week's music festival which is dedicated to the pop star who died last month.

Summerfest Productions says Marlon, Tito and Randy Jackson confirmed they will be attend the International Night of the weeklong festival which takes place in Montego Bay.

The brothers performed in Jamaica with Michael as the Jackson 5 at Kingston's National Stadium in 1975.

Cleric's killer "confesses"

Cuban police are reported to have detained a suspect in the murder this week of a Spanish priest, the second to be killed in the island in the past five months.

The Roman Catholic Church said the suspect has confessed to the murder of the 74-year-old priest, whose body was found on Monday in his Havana Bay parish building.

No details were given about the detainee or possible motive for the killing.

The Church added that, despite rumours, the crime was not related to the murder in February of another priest, who was found dead by the side of a road west of the capital.