Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Articles published on Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Pakistan grind out draw to win NZ series

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Pakistan captain  Misbah-ul-haq produced a man of the match performance to ensure  his side batted out the final day to draw the second test  against New Zealand today and claim their first series  victory since 2006.

Bissoonday Singh

Divided we stand

The two factions of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) once again clashed yesterday in deciding on the location for Saturday’s Annual General Meeting and over the allocated delegates for the member associations.

Nelon Pascal

Third time unlucky for Guyana

Defending champions Guyana ended their preliminary round of the West Indies Cricket Board T20 tournament with a nail-biting defeat to the Windward Islands at the Kensington Oval in Barbados late last night.

Jean-Claude  Duvalier

Haiti charges returned ex-dictator Duvalier

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti yesterday briefly  detained former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, back  from exile in France, and charged him with corruption, theft  and abuses of power allegedly committed during his 15-year  rule.

Struggling Tunisia unity cabinet to meet

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisia’s caretaker prime minister  aims to gather his national unity cabinet for a first meeting today, but he already faces revolt from opposition nominees  demanding he fire more of the ousted strongman’s allies.

Call for media women cricketers to come out

Attempts are being made to field a media women’s softball cricket team in the upcoming Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, 10/10 softball tournament which bowls off next month.

Integrated solutions critical

Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, acting Secretary-General of CARICOM on Monday told the Community Council of Ministers that integrated solutions were critical as member states struggled to emerge from the depths of the global financial and economic crises.

Former national chess champion Wendell Meusa returns to competitive chess after a six-month ban. Above, Meusa, right contemplates his next move against Loris Nathoo.

Meusa, Boucher among the leaders

Former national chess champion Wendell Meusa is among four players in the lead at the end of the third round of the senior category of the Trophy Stall tournament which is being held at the Kei-Shars Sports Club, Hadfield Street.

India at the UN High Table

Shashi Tharoor, a former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and UN Under- Secretary General, is a member of India’s parliament and the author of several books, most recently Nehru: the Invention of India (in German).

Tunisia and Arabian tremors

It will not be surprising if in many parts of the developing world that are feeling the pressures of the economic recession emanating from the Western world economies, political protests and riots over unemployment, high food prices and a consequent inability of citizens to purchase food and everyday commodities, proliferate.