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  "textContent": "A diplomatic row has emerged between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago following sharp exchanges between Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar over the controversial 2022 detention and transfer of businessman Brent Thomas. Speaking yesterday, Mottley strongly rejected Persad-Bissessar’s description of the incident as a kidnapping, calling the allegation “a scurrilous lie and defamatory […]",
  "title": "Mia, Kamla Row – Over Kamla’s Kidnapped Charge, Mia Calls It Defamatory"
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