Staff Editor

(Trinidad Express) Three people were shot dead and another chopped to death in separate incidents in Port of Spain, Laventille, Diego Martin and Arouca between late Saturday and yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Acting Chief Justice Wendell Kangaloo was listed in a critical condition after surgery at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The relatives of three of yesterday’s accident victims were in a state of shock as the reality of the tragedy sunk in.

LILLE, France,  (Reuters) – French prosecutors said today they had opened an inquiry into allegations of group rape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and three friends, as part of an investigation into his ties to a suspected prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Alastair Cook and Ian Bell made composed fifties to guide England to a comfortable five-wicket win over West Indies in the first test at Lord’s today.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — ‘We don’t have the tools to prove it, but it is common knowledge that phones are tapped and people are tailed.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) Criminals lurking in legitimate business places are swindling huge chunks of money from unsuspecting Jamaicans and Jamaican companies by way of wire fraud, according to information coming from the police’s Cybercrime Unit.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — With over US$ 260 million (112 million in 2010 and 154 million in 2011) direct foreign investments in Suriname have crossed the US$ 2 billion line.

(Barbados Nation) You are robbing yourself! That is what Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar is telling Barbados and other territories that are making it difficult for non-nationals who are educated in their countries to access jobs.

SANAA,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 63 soldiers at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa today, a police source said.

(Barbados Nation) Don’t just help REDjet; help it spread its wings too, advises Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM Robert “Bobby” Morris.

Port-au-Prince,  (Reuters) – Haitian authorities today announced the arrest of 59 uniformed former soldiers and several alleged supporters who staged a series of protests on Friday and yesterday calling for the return of the nation’s disbanded army.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – “I Feel Love”, the 1977 hit by disco queen Donna Summer, shot back into the British charts days after the singer’s death, the Official Charts Company said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Robin Gibb, who with his brothers Barry and Maurice formed the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, has died aged 62, his official website said today.

(WICB) LONDON – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson said winning the first Test against all odds would be a “massive” boost for West Indies on their tour of England.

(Trinidad Express) Acting Chief Justice and Appeal Court Judge Wendell Kangaloo has been warded in a critical condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mount Hope.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – West Indies took inspiration from another defiant innings by Shivnarine Chanderpaul to set up the chance of an unlikely victory in the first test against England at Lord’s today.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of a PanAm flight over Lockerbie, died of cancer today aged 60, leaving many questions on the attack and its aftermath unanswered.

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) Economic Crimes is working with Guyana’s financial institutions to build capacity to combat and prosecute money laundering and procedures to better monitor non-bank financial institutions will also be on the radar, according to a US Embassy source.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Police yesterday reported a major achievement in their crackdown on the lucrative lottery scam, saying that one of the masterminds was among 28 persons arrested during raids in St James and Hanover.