Daily headlines: February 07, 2007

* The former Jamaican estate of James Bond novelist Ian Fleming (image) will be converted into a luxury retreat for tourists.

* The government of the Dominican Republic is being sued by two investment firms from the U.S. and France over electricity revenues.

* Brazilian authorities suspended a senior police official accused of moonlighting as a member of a paramilitary group.

* Officials from the U.S. and four Central American countries agreed to unite in an effort to combat rising gang violence.

* Follow-up: ex-Brazilian beauty queen Taiza Thomsen contacted Brazilian police from London to assure them that she was not kidnapped as feared but instead is living there and did not wish to be bothered.

Links- International Herald Tribune, Reuters AlertNet, UPI, The Latin Americanist, FOX News,

Image- The Age