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Police say that the following persons have been charged after the unrest in Linden and appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court today before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Police say that at about 1045h today, two accounts clerks attached to the Farm Supply and General Equipment Ltd.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway’s prime minister came under pressure to resign today after an official report said police could have prevented a murder spree by far right militant Anders Behring Breivik last year that killed 77 people.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Three suicide bombers killed at least 28 people and wounded more than 70 today when they blew themselves up outside a hospital and within a busy city market in southwest Afghanistan.

The West Indies Cricket Board has written to territorial boards warning that the Hits and Jams tournament planned here has not been approved and warning that players who participate may face possible sanctions.

The body of Gewan Jagdeo, 63 years, of Bonasika, Essequibo River, was found at about 1830h.

(Trinidad Express) The domestic violence protection order granted to Rio Claro mother Julie Parris earlier this year proved worthless yesterday, when she was chopped and stabbed to death by the man whom she tried to escape.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCo) yesterday rubbished a claim by International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound that it is difficult to test Jamaican athletes because they are hard find.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – Suriname and the Caribbean are unable to optimally use development aid from the European Union (EU).

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Dissension in the army has reached a boiling point.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab said today President Bashar al-Assad’s government is falling apart and only controls 30 percent of the country, in his first public appearance since defecting to the opposition.

(Trinidad Express) It was a day of rewards at Piarco International Airport yesterday as Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott returned home after a stunning gold medal performance at the London games.

SAN ANTONIO,  (Reuters) – A gunman killed two people today, including a law enforcement officer who was serving him an eviction notice at a home near Texas A&M University, before police fatally shot him, officials said.

(Barbados Nation) Banks beer in a can has become increasingly popular in the six months that it has been available to the Barbadian public, and is expected to perform well over the coming months.

Former Commissioner of Police Laurie Lewis passed away today at his Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara home.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0845h today at No.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – An Indian guru known to millions from a television show on Hinduism and yoga was arrested at a protest against corruption near the parliament today, putting pressure on a Congress Party-led government trying to revive its political fortunes.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norwegian police and security services could have prevented all or part of an attack by far-right militant Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and gun massacre last year, a government commission said today.

(Trinidad Express) Speaker of the House Wade Mark says the Parliament “wants to get into serious discussions with” Chief Justice Ivor Archie about “the future” of the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court.

(Jamaica Observer) MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Despite desperate pleas over the years, the island’s multimillion-dollar cattle industry continues to spiral downwards, and promises by successive governments to resuscitate it have not yielded much, cattle farmers say.