21.   Royal Caribbean officials were reviewing the settlement Friday and declined to comment, said Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Lynn Martenstein.

22.   Some Caribbean officials are helping drug lords use their islands as transhipment points to U.S. and European markets, a Drug Enforcement Agency official said Thursday.

23.   Some Caribbean officials are helping traffickers use their islands to ship drugs to American and European markets, a U.S. official said Thursday.

24.   Some Caribbean officials said they would probably look to Washington to take a lead role.

25.   The future of a fledgling group to oversee U.S.-Caribbean trade and investment was uncertain after the death of U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, Caribbean officials said.

26.   The University of the West Indies announced Friday that it was conferring honorary doctorate degrees to four Caribbean officials who have achieved distinction in the arts and sciences.

27.   Worried that players like Richie Richardson and Curtly Ambrose could be burning themselves out with non-stop cricket, Caribbean officials may attempt to offer yearly contracts.