Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Articles published on Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Lethem rodeo photos

 Spectators at the Rodeo (Photos by Jairo Rodrigues )A Brazilian man selling cowboy hats (Photos by Jairo Rodrigues ) Konrad Farius speaking to Stabroek News after his close encounter with the bull.

U.N. approves first-ever global arms trade treaty

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved today the first-ever treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate the $70 billion international business in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks and warships.

North Korea to restart nuclear reactor in weapons bid

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea announced plans today to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor that has been closed since 2007, but emphasised it was seeking a deterrent capacity, rather than repeating recent threats to attack South Korea and the United States.

IMF warns Caribbean on debt

(Barbados Nation) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Caribbean countries, including Barbados, they face an uphill battle fighting the debt crisis that has them in a stranglehold.

Plaisance IMC unaware of tower works

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Plaisance is in the dark about the erection of a tower for government’s e-governance project on the community centre ground which was initiated at the direction of the Office of the President (OP).

Cassey George

George bags silver, Mitchell bronze

Middle distance star Cassey George and junior sprint sensation Tirana Mitchell won medals on yesterday’s final day of the XLII CARIFTA Games at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in The Bahamas enabling Guyana to walk away from the meet with a total of six medals.

Leon Johnson

CCC 114-6 chasing 240

Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) chasing 240 to win slumped to 114 for six at the close of play on the third day of their sixth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship against Guyana at the National Stadium at Providence.

Monster kite

  Monster kite: Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice resident, Mark Shivrattan posed with his creation of a ‘triangular ‘T’ kite yesterday just before sending it soaring.

 Sunil Narine

Russell keen on bigger role for Delhi, wary of Narine

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Delhi Daredevils’ West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell said Monday he hoped to play a bigger role in latest edition of the Indian Premier League starting tomorrow, after hardly featuring his first stint in the multi-million dollar Twenty20 tournament last year.

Misbah-ul-Haq

Pakistan will not panic – PCB chief

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board will not press the panic button after the team’s test series whitewash in South Africa and has no plans to sack captain Misbah-ul-Haq or coach Dav Whatmore, PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf said yesterday.

Novartis loses landmark India patent case on Glivec

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s top court dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG’s attempt to win patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a blow to Western pharmaceutical firms targeting India to drive sales and a victory for local makers of cheap generics.

Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe

When –as appears likely, at least at this juncture – general elections are held in Zimbabwe later this year under a new constitution Robert Mugabe will, in all likelihood, be running for office as President of the Southern African country again.