travellers from America's Mid-Western states -- into gear on March 15. ---- Page 3 ROYAL CARIBBEAN WINS BATTLE SHI Royal Caribbean wins battle A victor was named yesterday in the bidding war over a cruise line which sends two vessels to Bermuda through the summer as Royal Caribbean announced it had agreed to buy Celebrity Cruise Lines for $1.32 billion in cash, stock and assumed debt. ---- Page 5 RESTAURATEURS TAKEN TO COURT CTS Restaurateurs taken to court Managers of three of the Island's restaurants were brought to Magistrates' Court yesterday for failing to display their liquor licences. ---- Page 5 JURY TO GET DRUGS CASE TODAY CTS Jury to get drugs case today An 11-woman, one-man Supreme Court jury will today decide the fate of a 42-year-old Southampton taxi driver who stands accused of importing and possessing nearly $155,000 worth of cocaine. ---- Page 6 YOUTH TEAM FACE STIFF TEST CRI Youth team face stiff test The last two teams for this weekend's 12th International Youth Cricket Tournament arrived in Bermuda yesterday. Following on the heels of England, Ireland, Scotland and Holland, Canada and Denmark completed the line-up for the seven-nation event which gets underway on Sunday. ---- Sport, Page 13 INT'L BUSINESS BOOM EXPECTED GVT BUC Int'l business boom expected Clear indications of a 1997 boom in international business is coming from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) which has approved more than a quarter more international company applications in the first six months of this year, than for the same period last year. ---- Business, Page 31