Daily Archive: Monday, May 2, 2011

Articles published on Monday, May 2, 2011

Surrounded in red fabric, a compound is seen where locals reported a firefight took place overnight in Abbotabad, located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, May 2, 2011. REUTERS/Abrar Tanoli

Bin Laden was found at luxury Pakistan compound

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. forces finally found al  Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden not in a mountain cave on   Afghanistan’s border, but with his youngest wife in a  million-dollar compound in a summer resort just over an hour’s  drive from Pakistan’s capital, U.S.

Jonathan Foo drives through the onside during his unbeaten century in the opening match yesterday. (Orlando Charles photo)

True Titans!

The Universal DVD Berbice Titans added another accolade to its growing list with a comfortable 85-run win over the Carib Beer East Coast Jaguars in the Arrival Day T20 Championships yesterday at the Albion Community Centre ground.

 Shawn Massiah

GCC lifts Noble Second Division title

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GGC) was declared winners of the Noble House Seafoods second division tournament after their match against the Guyana Defence Force ended in a draw yesterday at the Demerara Cricket Club ground.

Pele edge Fruta Conquerors 2-1

Pele Football Club downed Fruta Conquerors 2-1 in extra time in the final of the Pele Football  Club under 17 knockout tournament held at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Wednesday evening from 18:00hrs.

Maher al-Assad (left) and Bashar al-Assad

Pope John Paul II

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Security forces arrested hundreds  of pro-democracy sympathisers in cities across Syria after  taking control of the city of Deraa, cradle of the uprising  against President Bashar al-Assad’s autocratic rule.

Alpha McPhoy

Fletcher hat-trick leads Georgetown past Bartica

Jermaine Fletcher recorded a hat-trick for Georgetown as they catapulted to victory against Bartica when action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Inter Association Under-17 football tournament continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground yesterday afternoon.

Pierre Boucher

Three unrated players could receive FIDE rating

Three unrated local players could soon be rated by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) based on a report on their recent performances at the Caribbean Container Incorporated tournament which ended recently at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street.

Runako Morton

Morton stars with hundred for QPCC

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Runako Morton continued to put his legal troubles behind him, scoring his second straight hundred for Queen’s Park Cricket Club in the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board Premier Division championship on Saturday.