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(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – A 36-hour delay in Amsterdam of a Surinam Airways/SLM flight on 20 November last year has cost the airline some 8 million Euros.

(de Ware Tijd) LIGORIO – Emma Pobosie officially celebrates her 111th birthday today, which makes her the country’s oldest inhabitant.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has reaffirmed her Government’s commitment to regional integration.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Out of favour West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan and attorney Dave Kissoon have resigned from the board of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s two main television stations, CVMTV and Television Jamaica (TVJ) are to answer to claims of violating the constitutional rights of gay activist Maurice Tomlinson in the Supreme Court on December 12.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Ian Hayles says early estimates indicate that close to 11,000 farmers across the island have been affected by Hurricane Sandy, with some 1,500 hectares of crops totally destroyed.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is promising a new Constitution, the divestment of the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the reform of the court system as part of a 15-point plan to improve governance in Barbados by 2016, once returned to Government.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Labour Party has taken legal action against Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler for alleging that it will send home public sector workers if it regains power.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the U.S.

(Reuters) – Seventeen people from the replica HMS Bounty abandoned ship while stranded at sea off North Carolina in the path of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S.

With Hurricane Sandy approaching the US, Caribbean Airlines has cancelled a series of flights for today and tomorrow.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Forty four Haitians have been declared dead due to Hurricane Sandy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A system believed to be a tornado caused extensive damage when it hit Somerset in western Bermuda this morning, cancelling several flights.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The Sydney Sixers made light work of the Highveld Lions as the Australian side cantered to a 10-wicket win in the Champions League Twenty20 final at the Wanderers in Johannesburg today.

(ICC) Sri Lanka and New Zealand will launch what will be an interesting couple of months of Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) when the two sides go head to head in a one-off match at Pallekele on Tuesday 30 October.

LONDON, (Reuters) – One-time British pop star Gary Glitter was arrested on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, the BBC said.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma intends to drop a four-year-old lawsuit claiming nearly $600,000 in damages from a cartoonist who depicted him poised to rape “Lady Justice”, his office said today.

KADUNA,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a jeep packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria today, killing at least eight people, injuring more than 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more, officials said.

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said today.

A 31-year-old carpenter of Ithaca, West Bank Berbice was chopped to death during a brawl at Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme, Blairmont around 9:15 last night and several suspects were taken into