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(Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to sit in Jamaica for the first time from March 4 – 12 to hear the Shanique Myrie case.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala said today it would deport to the United States software pioneer John McAfee, a former Silicon Valley millionaire who is wanted for questioning in Belize over the murder of a fellow American.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in a “complex” and delicate condition after his latest surgery for cancer in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said today.

The `Summer Bliss’ from which 476 pounds of gold was seized by armed gunmen, moments after it moored in Curacao, was last in Guyana on June 19 this year and up to now local authorities have been unable to track down its owner, Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell said this morning.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) today said that that due to voltage fluctuations on the West Coast of Demerara, customers served by four GWI water production facilities are experiencing low service levels.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Four Surinamese lumber firms have received financial support from the Inter American Development Bank (IDB).

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Ministry of Defence wants to restore conscription in 2013 to attract 400 men.

(Trinidad Express) Doctors at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) reported yesterday that week-old baby Jinayah was well on her way to recovery after being bitten by her father on Sunday at their East Dry River, Port of Spain home.

MARRAKECH, Morocco,  (Reuters) – The leader of Syria’s opposition coalition called on the country’s Alawite minority today to launch a campaign of civil disobedience against President Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite who faces a mainly Sunni Muslim uprising against his rule.

(Trinidad Express) “I am very sorry for what has happened. I think he is a great musical icon.

(Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket has publicly apologised to Ross Taylor for its poor handling of the former captain’s demotion.

MARRAKECH, Morocco,  (Reuters) – World powers sympathetic to Syria’s uprising against President Bashar al-Assad gave full political recognition today to the opposition, reflecting a hardening consensus that the 20-month-old uprising might be nearing a tipping point.

(Trinidad Express) A 36-year-old mother of three was yesterday chopped to death at her Tobago home by her ex-lover—who then killed himself.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles, died in Southern California yesterday, his family said.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – North Korea launched a rocket today and the missile appears to have passed over Okinawa, Japan’s government said.

The Government of Guyana today released a document which it has presented to the international community in which it says that Guyana is “under threat” because of the policies and postures of the opposition.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Cayman Premier McKeeva Bush has been released from police custody on overnight bail.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Late disco queen Donna Summer and hip hop pioneers Public Enemy headed a list of eight new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation said today.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – Cricket fans will get the golden opportunity to secure their favourite seats for the Caribbean T20 2013 when tickets go on sale later this month.

Police said that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 1900h yesterday at Atlantic Ville Public Road, ECD, and which resulted in the death of  conductor Rodwin Todd, 25 years of Surat Drive, B/V, ECD and injuries to passengers Natasha Chance, 34 years of Ogle, ECD; Genevieve Carberry, 56 years of Plantain Walk, B/V, ECD; Prudence Thornhill, 19 years, of Vryheid Lust, ECD; Wishenna Charles, 77 years, of Triumph, ECD; and Adiyan Corbin, 21 years, of Triumph, ECD.