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(Trinidad Guardian) CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb confirmed on Thursday that the United States’ Internal Revenue Services (IRS), accounting firm BDO International and global legal company Sidley Austin LLP are working in tandem to scrutinise the legacy of his predecessor and National Security Minister Jack Warner.

(Trinidad Guardian) The biggest fraud cases in this country’s history—which saw billions of dollars in taxpayers money allegedly being pumped into the pockets of the United National Congress (UNC) financiers—are expected to be dismissed later this week.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A media entity in Zimbabwe has reported that the country’s president, Robert Mugabe, has taken an unprovoked swipe at Jamaica and, in particular, Jamaican men.

Police say that at about 1100h yesterday, fisherman Shameer Safeek, 44 years of Good Hope, ECD, and three crew members were fishing in the Pomeroon, Essequibo area when they were attacked and robbed by four men in another boat who were all armed with firearms.

MONZA, Italy,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Formula One Grand Prix for McLaren today with Sauber’s Mexican driver Sergio Perez finishing second.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court today after he was convicted of murder in a ruling likely to further exacerbate sectarian tension.

(Barbados Nation) Grounded Barbadian-based airline REDjet owes well in excess of Bds$2 million in landing and other fees to the airports of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, but under a new company plan, just released to creditors, the airports will only get back Bds$580 000 collectively.

(Trinidad Express) It was no ordinary day for reporters yesterday as gunmen in the Beverly Hills area opened fire while CCN TV6 and the Sunday Express media crews were interviewing the relatives of a woman killed in the area.

(Trinidad Express) Five killings in ten hours, including that of a 51-year-old mother of eight, between Friday night and yesterday morning, have pushed the country’s murder toll to 289 for the year so far.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Vitaly Klitschko retained his WBC world heavyweight title today when the referee stopped the contest against Manuel Charr in the fourth round after the German sustained a deep cut above his right eye.

Arti Cameron’s team today issued the following statement thanking persons for assisting here to compete at the Miss World contest recently in Ordos, China.

(Reuters) – Nearly 17 years after O.J. Simpson walked away from his Los Angeles murder trial a free man, a prosecutor at the center of the case has alleged that the lead defense lawyer tampered with a crucial piece of evidence.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The U.S. National Weather Service reported a tornado may have touched down in the New York City borough of Queens this morning, pulling down power lines, throwing around cars and damaging property.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Leslie swirled over the Atlantic on a track likely to pass east of Bermuda tomorrow as the outer wind and rain bands approached the island, the U.S.

(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck northwestern Costa Rica on Saturday, three days after a powerful 7.6-magnitude quake hit the Central American country.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo says he is now happy with the pace at which the arrangements for Guyana to access the Norway funds are progressing, noting that the parties have been able to address and resolve most of the outstanding issues blocking the path to the financing of a range of low carbon projects.

(Reuters) – A fourth-wicket stand of 90 between Jacques Kallis and Jean-Peal Duminy guided South Africa to a comfortable seven-wicket win over England in the opening Twenty20 match played at Chester-le-Street today.

At about 1700h. yesterday, Police say that Delon Morrison called “Gully”, 26 years of Zeskendren, Mahaicony, ECD, was driving a tractor in a rice field at Carlton Hall, Mahaicony, when he lost control of the vehicle which turned turtle and pinned him below.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 50-year-old Tobago woman was hacked to death on Thursday evening as she tended her garden near her home.

(Jamaica Observer) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago — Caricom should generate export-led growth by recruiting new members, rather than by trying to deepen its existing relationships, regional leaders were told this week.