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CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro today celebrated the election of a new legislative superbody that is expected to give the ruling Socialist Party sweeping powers and mocked U.S.

Shawn Harris, who escaped from the Lusignan holding area on Monday was recaptured today at a house at Mocha, East Bank Demerara, the police confirmed.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union today condemned what it said was excessive use of force by state troops in Venezuela and said it was unlikely to recognise results of the elections on Sunday that were marred by deadly clashes.

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine this evening said that Lusignan Prison escapee Kerry Cromwell is back in police custody.

CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Deadly protests rocked Venezuela today as voters broadly boycotted an election for a constitutional super-body that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed would begin a “new era of combat” in the crisis-stricken nation.

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine today confirmed to the Department of Public  Information (DPI) that acting on information provided by the public the Joint Services executed an operation at approximately midday today in the East Ruimveldt ward of Georgetown which led to a confrontation with Lusignan Prison escapee Clive Forde aka El Sinkie.

(Trinidad Guardian) If further attacks continue on Chinese people living in T&T there may be a second exodus of this group of people from the country similar to what occurred during the Black Power revolution in 1970.

Murder accused Stafrei Alexander, who was one of the six inmates who escaped from the Camp Street Prison on July 9, has been recaptured.

Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels late this afternoon confirmed that at approximately 16:20hrs today inmates at the holding area of the Lusignan Prison were involved in a series of assaults and aggressive behaviour which resulted in extreme disorder and threatened their own safety, that of the joint services members providing security and could have escalated further and compromise the integrity of the facility.

  CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan protesters blocked streets on Saturday in a last-ditch effort to derail the election of a legislative super-body that opponents of President Nicolas Maduro say will give the socialist leader a stranglehold on power.

Attorney Joseph Melville was yesterday sentenced to 19 years in prison for attempting to murder his former secretary Patricia Cox in 2001.

President David Granger and First Lady Sandra Granger, last evening, attended a cultural celebration entitled ‘Juliana!

President David Granger today said that the construction of the new wing of the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature is an investment that stands as testimony to the Government’s commitment to improving access to justice.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge (centre) was today paid a courtesy call by Suriname’s Vice Director at the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs Kenneth Jaliens (right) and The Netherlands Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) Instructor Andre Simmelink.

The police today called on the remaining escapees to surrender. A statement from the police follows.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp, the world’s largest publicly traded oil producer, said today its quarterly profit nearly doubled on surging margins at its operations outside the United States, but results fell shy of Wall Street’s expectations.

Murder accused Pascal Smith, one of the prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan Prison pasture on Monday, was apprehended today.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – St Lucia Stars have called up the New Zealand pair of Jesse Ryder and Mitchell McClenaghan for the Caribbean Premier League campaign beginning next week.

In the wake of the two prison uprisings that led to the murder of a prison warder, the demolishing of the Camp Street jail and the escape of dangerous inmates, the opposition PPP/C has lodged a motion with parliament that calls on the government to accept collective responsibility and to make full disclosures on all matters.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from office today over undeclared assets, plunging the nuclear-armed South Asian nation into political turmoil after a period of relative stability.