14 July, 2009 - Published 22:01 GMT
BBC Caribbean News in Brief
Judge steps down
High court judge Francis Belle has recused himself from hearing arguments in a case brought by the St Kitts opposition preventing the government from acting on the recommendations of the election boundaries commission.
State attorneys requested that the judge remove himself from the case after he criticised Prime Minister Denzil Douglas.
On Monday Justice Belle refuted Prime Minister Douglas' suggestion that the High Court had adjourned last week to permit the tabling of the Boundaries Commission report in parliament.
The judge described the prime minister's statement as highly misleading, and said Dr Douglas had either been lied to by his advisers, or by his own statement, was a "stranger to the truth".
On Tuesday Justice Belle agreed to step down and said he would ask the Chief Justice to appoint another judge to hear the case.
Mitchell ordered out of parliament
Grenada's opposition leader Keith Mitchell was ordered out of parliament on Tuesday.
Speaker George McGuire had Dr Mitchell escorted out and barred from the current sitting of the House.
Parliament was at the time debating a motion giving the finance minister the authority to borrow from local commercial banks up to EC $40 million (US $15 million) to meet financial requirements.
Dr Mitchell was asked to offer a statement on why he addressed a member of the government directly and not through the Speaker.
He refused, denying that he had breached the principles of the House.
Soldier is Haiti's first swine flu case
A United Nations peacekeeper is Haiti's first confirmed case of swine flu.
A UN spokesman said the soldier arrived in Port-au-Prince on July 2 and was quarantined with flu symptoms, which were later confirmed to be H1N1.
The soldier rejoined his unit after ten days of treatment.
Officials say this is the first confirmed swine flu case in Haiti, however it is thought that others have likely gone undetected by an ineffective health system.
There have been at least 44 confirmed cases in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.
Gonsalves ordered to rest
The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, is said to be suffering from fatigue and has been ordered to rest.
Acting Prime Minister Mike Browne said Dr Gonsalves had been travelling extensively and had postponed a trip to London because he was exhausted.
Mr Browne made the disclosure while sitting in for the prime minister at a handing over of funds from the Taiwanese to the government of St Vincent.
Cuba, US talk immigration
Officials from the United States and Cuba have been meeting in New York to discuss immigration issues - the first encounter of its kind for six years.
Discussions on immigration were suspended in 2003 by the then president George Bush.
The move to thaw relations follows President Barack Obama's decision in April to authorise travel and money transfers to the island by US nationals of Cuban descent.
Ahead of Tuesday's talks, the State Department said the discussions would focus on how to create safe, legal and orderly migration between the two countries.