Daily Archive: Monday, October 4, 2010

Articles published on Monday, October 4, 2010

Neesa Lalita Gopaul

Headless body identified as Leonora girl

-mother, stepfather being questioned -text messages on morphine seen as clue -went missing since Sept 24Police last night said that the headless corpse found crammed into a suitcase at Madewini is that of 16-year-old Neesa Lalita Gopaul of Leonora and three persons are in custody in a tragedy laced with reports of morphine and abuse.

WICB to spend big on development

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Over US$15 million has been budgeted on a number of tours, tournaments, and development projects by the West Indies Cricket Board over their next financial year, which ends next October.

Demerara trounces Berbice

By Marlon Munroe Half centuries from Travis Dowlin, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Rajendra Chandrika and a four-wicket haul from Kellon Carmichael ensured  Berbice went down by 71 runs to Demerara in the second round of the El Dorado 50-over Inter-County tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground yesterday.

Brazil's ruling Workers' Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff (C), President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) and Sao Paulo's governor candidate Aloizio Mercadante attend a campaign rally in Sao Bernardo do Campo October 2, 2010. Brazil will hold general elections on Sunday. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Rousseff faces runoff in Brazil election

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Ruling party candidate Dilma  Rousseff placed a strong first in Brazil’s presidential  election yesterday, but she will face a runoff after some  voters were turned off at the last minute by a corruption  scandal and her views on social issues.

Drogba gives Arsenal blues, Liverpool humbled

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea’s Didier Drogba proved  Arsenal’s nemesis again as he inspired the champions to a 2-0  win over their London rivals and Blackpool pulled off a stunning  2-1 victory at Liverpool in the Premier League yesterday.

Pope dismays anti-Mafia activists on Sicily visit

PALERMO, Sicily, (Reuters) – Pope Benedict said yesterday the Mafia represented “a path of death” that Sicily’s  young should shun but he dismayed activists who said he was too  timid and should have given the crime group a moral hammering.