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Alliance For Change Leader Khemraj Ramjattan has accused the government of not saying all it knows about the huge Curacao heist which was believed to comprise smuggled gold from Guyana.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – A nasty on-field confrontation with star Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne today plunged West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels into controversy yet again.

(Barbados Nation) Julian Hunte  is about to pull stumps on his tenure as West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president.

(Trinidad Express) The discrepancies in the autopsy reports of soldier Curtis Marshall were as a result of the non-qualification of the forensic pathologists who conducted the post-mortems.

Roger Hinds with his song titled `She Roll’ took the Chutney crown from Haresh Singh last night at the National Cultural Centre, according to the Government Information Agency.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – A defiant President Bashar al-Assad presented what he described as a new initiative today to end the war in Syria but his opponents dismissed it as a ploy to cling to power.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Michael Hussey ended his test career on a high today when Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets with a day to spare in the third test to sweep the series 3-0.

(Trinidad Express) Fired justice minister Herbert Volney yesterday launched a scathing attack against former independent senator Dana Seetahal after she raised concerns about contractor Hafeez Karamath Ltd (HKL) in her weekly column of yesterday’s Express.

(Jamaica Observer) Kwame Lumumba, the attorney representing incarcerated reggae artiste Buju Banton, says the decision by United States Magistrate James Moody to expand his probe into allegations of juror misconduct is a positive sign for his client.

AURORA, Colo., (Reuters) – Four people, including the gunman, were dead following a hostage-taking incident today in Aurora, Colorado, the same town where a man shot dead 12 people and wounded 58 more in a movie theater last July, police told reporters.

(WICB) Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – The West Indies Cricket Board has taken the bold step to change the format for the Caribbean T20 tournament – and the new set-up will see more matches and more exposure for the region’s players.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan lawmakers re-elected a staunch ally of Hugo Chavez to head the National Assembly today, putting him in line to be caretaker president if the socialist leader does not recover from cancer surgery.

(Trinidad Express) Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra has expressed concern about errors creeping into Hinduism locally.

(Trinidad Express) Pathologist Dr Hubert Daisley yesterday told the family of Lance Corporal Curtis Marshall he erred when he stated the deceased soldier was murdered.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s formal swearing-in for a new six-year term scheduled for Jan.

The New York Post today said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing former New York State Senate Majority Leader, John Sampson following its investigation of convicted Guyanese mortgage fraudster Ed Ahmad.

“Deep satisfaction” was today expressed by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on the security plan unveiled by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Monday but the umbrella body also warned that for the measures to be successful pay levels for all personnel in the police, prison and fire services have to be lifted.

Amid dozens of domestic violence murders in recent years, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Monday said that a “new preventative and pro-active approach” is required on this scourge and child abuse.

PERTH, Australia,  CMC-Chris Gayle’s horror tournament continues as his Sydney Thunders laboured through another dismal performance, crashing to a 9 wicket defeat to the Perth Scorchers in the Australian Big bash League today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn says her office will apply the usual professional and objective standards in analysing and researching the unprecedented referral of Cabinet for prosecution by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG).