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Jamaal Shabazz today resigned with immediate effect as head coach of the Guyana National Team.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Robert Prescott, 59 years of 114 Anns Grove, ECD, which is reported to have occurred at about 0700h yesterday at Danjou Hill, Mahdia.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Major tobacco companies must take out advertisements saying they deliberately deceived the U.S.

A new ‘suitcase scanner’ is to be installed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri according to the Guyana Revenue Authority.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Halle Berry’s ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry on Monday won a restraining order against the actress’s current lover, as the two men fought in the Los Angeles courts over who started their Thanksgiving Day brawl.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Following a nearly two-week absence from the public eye, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will travel to Cuba today for medical treatment, months after he underwent chemotherapy and radiation for cancer there.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Jack Warner last night announced his intention to mount a legal attack against what he described as the “PNM-controlled” media.

(Trinidad Guardian) Environmental activist Wayne Kublalsingh yesterday lashed out at members of the People’s Partnership Government during the 12th day of his hunger strike outside of the Prime Minister’s office in St Clair.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The House of Representatives is expected to ban the wearing of jeans, mini-skirts and sleeveless clothing in the public gallery, as part of its first ruling on a dress code for people entering Gordon House.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ international business sector is once again under attack.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – South Africa head into the third and final test against Australia believing that if all else fails their deep reservoir of grit and determination can still be counted on to confront the most daunting of challenges.

(Trinidad Express) Canadian national Jacques Heroux, who caused an American Airlines flight to divert from its intended route to Brazil and land at Piarco International Airport so that he could be kicked off for being drunk, pleaded guilty yesterday to being a nuisance aboard the flight.

(Trinidad Express) Basil de Leon was yesterday sentenced to five years in prison for chopping his ex-wife.

RAMALLAH, West Bank,  (Reuters) – Forensic experts took samples from Yasser Arafat’s buried corpse in the West Bank today, trying to determine if he was murdered by Israeli agents using the hard-to-trace radioactive poison, Polonium.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – An international human rights group urged Pakistan judges today to stop using their powers to censor media critical of the judiciary.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Swedish EU parliamentarian Olle Schmidt advises Staatsolie not to implement its plans for producing ethanol fuel.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC-Reliable West Indies batsman Shiv Chanderpaul has moved to the number three position while team mate Marlon Samuels has broken into the top 20 for the first time in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.

At about 1240h today, police said that Leon Daniels, 7 years of Kwakwani  was in a small wooden boat operated by his uncle Brian Lewis, 17 years of  Kwakwani, and while in the vicinity of West Watooka, Linden, the boat capsized.

The police say they are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Saturday involving Rolly Smith, 35 years of BB Eccles, EBD at Genieve Variety Store at Pigeon Place, South Ruimveldt Park.

Police this afternoon detained a vehicle which was used by Stabroek News two weeks ago during the compiling of a story on the Central Intelligence Unit.