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CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A government official in Venezuela for the first time has raised the possibility that Hugo Chavez’s Jan.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The BBC did not cover up allegations of sex abuse against one of its former stars Jimmy Savile but the British broadcaster missed numerous warnings and proved incapable of dealing with the scandal when it finally broke, an inquiry found.

Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul says that the government has no difficulty with the audit office probing its accounting for public funds and he hailed the current Auditor General, Deodat Sharma as someone who meets the requirements of the job.

(Jamaica Observer) Jaycinth Brae gave her seven-year-old son a special hug before she left home yesterday morning for work.

(Jamaica Observer) The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) says that it is appalled at the Cabinet’s challenge to its powers to access information needed to complete investigations into three major investment projects being pursued by the Government.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama was named TIME’s Person of the Year for 2012, citing his historic re-election last month as symbolic of the nation’s changing demographics amid the backdrop of high unemployment and other challenges.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were gunned down at close range yesterday after gambling at a Housing Development Corporation building scheme in San Fernando.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) has negotiated an eight to ten per cent wage increase for teachers.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – South Africa celebrated their long-heralded arrival at the summit of test cricket in 2012 while West Indies enjoyed their first world title since the team’s 1970s heyday with a maiden Twenty20 trophy.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will announce today that Vice President Joe Biden will lead an effort to come up with policies to address gun violence amid calls for action following the massacre of 26 people including 20 children in a Connecticut elementary school last week.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya was grossly inadequate to deal with a Sept.

(Trinidad Express) A man awaiting trial on a charge of murdering a State witness has been released from prison due to a clerical error while his co-accused has to face trial.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has responded to President George Maxwell Richards’ written request for answers on the Section 34 fiasco, informing him that answers were already provided and action taken on the issue.

(Trinidad Express) President George Maxwell Richards has called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to provide information on the early proclamation of Section 34.

The police at 11.50 pm yesterday said that six persons died in a boat accident in the Pomeroon.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands,  (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the Cayman Islands passed a vote of no confidence today ousting embattled Premier McKeeva Bush from office one week after he was arrested on suspicion of corruption.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is in “stable” condition in Cuba after being treated for a respiratory infection following cancer surgery a week ago, the government said today.

(Reuters) – An NBC news team was freed in Syria during a firefight at an Islamic rebel checkpoint five days after being ambushed and kidnapped by 15 heavily armed gunmen, correspondent Richard Engel said today.

Just days after he became the target of a civil suit by his former employer alleging embezzlement, now indicted EZjet boss Sonny Ramdeo created a new company with two associates.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has promised to end discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the proposed national gender policy.