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(Reuters) – Cycling could be dumped from the Olympic program if Lance Armstrong implicated the sport’s governing body of covering up a widespread doping scheme, International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound told Reuters today.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Jamaica further strengthened their playoff chances when they easily brushed aside a struggling Guyana in the opening game of the St Lucia leg of the Caribbean Twenty20 here this  evening.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 1320h today on the Demerara Harbour Bridge and which resulted in the death of Lemuel Ogle, 22 years, of Middle Street, Pouderoyen, WBD.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC- Jamaica has moved a step closer towards the creation of a National Sports Policy following the submission of a white paper to the country’s cabinet.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Two explosions tore through one of Syria’s biggest universities on the first day of student exams today, killing 83 people and wounding dozens, a monitoring group said.

The Hydrometeorological Service of the Ministry of Agriculture today said that the waves that surged over the East Coast seawall yesterday were fuelled by an Atlantic front.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Jack Warner last evening called out all the armed forces to help in the fight against crime, following a four and a half-hour meeting with the top brass of the protective services at his office in Port-of-Spain.

(Jamaica Observer) MAY PEN, Clarendon – Two masked gunmen last night invaded the May Pen Hospital and killed a male patient as he slept.

Cuba is acknowledging 51 new cases of cholera in the capital, months after declaring the illness eradicated, the Associated Press reported today.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today there could be no “business as usual” with Pakistan after a clash last week along the line dividing the arch-rivals in Kashmir in which two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong “did not come clean in the way I expected” on whether he used performance-enhancing drugs in his cycling career, celebrated talk show host Oprah Winfrey said today, a day after a lengthy interview with the disgraced athlete.

Jermaine Willings of 262 Hope, East Coast Demerara, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following investigations into an accident that occurred on October 15, 2012, at Hope Public Road, ECD, and which resulted in the death of Padma Narine of Phase 2, Hope, ECD, police said today.

The police today said that a lance corporal was under open arrest over the sale of gun licences.

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia,  CMC- The man who has been spearheading the preparation of pitch and field at the Beausejour cricket ground for the crucial second leg of the Caribbean T20 Tournament says he is expecting better batting performances.

GROS ISLET, St.Lucia,  CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has confirmed that a day’s play was sold out in advance for the first time in the history of West Indies cricket.

(Trinidad Express) The Meteorological Services advised yesterday that all beaches from Charlotteville to Crown Point be closed until further notice following severe rough sea activity affecting the north and west coast of Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) More than eight out of every ten murders committed over the past five years have remained unsolved, according to statistics provided by the Crime and Problem Analysis Branch (CAPA) of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in connection with a corruption case linked to power projects, television channels reported today, plunging the country into fresh political turmoil.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Music and DVD retailer HMV said it was calling in the administrators after a last-ditch attempt to secure funding failed, bringing the curtain down on one of Britain’s best-known high street retail stores.

The northern carriageway of the East Coast Highway this afternoon as waves overtopped.