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(Jamaica Observer) Two of the guards on duty during Thursday’s beating of an alleged gay student at the University of Technology (UTech) were yesterday fired.

(Reuters) – As Sandy hammered the northeast United States this week killing more than 100 people, contingency plans were washed away and businesses had to improvise as the storm knocked out power to millions and stranded entire communities.

(Trinidad Express) Thousands of citizens yesterday took to the streets of the capital city, calling for Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and National Security Minister Jack Warner to hit the road.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – As a new member in Caricom, Suriname must try its best to breathe new life into Caribbean partnerships.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The State’s environmental watchdog has taken action at gold mining company Iamgold where three cyanide leaks occurred within a month’s time.

Three Guyanese including a policewoman died this afternoon in Nickerie, Suriname after the car they were travelling in ended up in a canal.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Foreign Office spent 10,000 pounds ($16,100) to re-stuff the corpse of a giant 120-year-old snake, at a time when government departments are being told to rein in spending.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City canceled its annual marathon today, reversing Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s earlier decision to go forward with Sunday’s race, as it had become a lightning rod for residents frustrated by the disastrous aftermath of megastorm Sandy.

ARCADIA, California,  (Reuters) – Hot favourite Royal Delta lived up to her billing as the top female horse in the United States by retaining her title in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic at Santa Anita Park today.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – “Suriname is one of the important powers in the regional and international trade in fish, and it also plays an important role in supplying fish to the Caribbean,” says Milton Haughton, head of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM).

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T and West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has been dropped from the Sun TV Network, owners of the Hyderabad IPL franchise.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government of Jamaica is doling out bond returns by the billions, creating a cash stash for investors but a headache for the central bank, which this week sought to assert some control over the reinvestment of such funds.

(Jamaica Gleaner) That is how West Indies star Marlon Samuels described his two years away from cricket; a bowling suspension in 2008 followed by a complete ban from the sport for reported match-fixing.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels has targeted his alma maters, Tarrant Primary and Kingston College (KC), as the first beneficiaries of his soon-to-be-launched charity organisation, the Marlon Samuels Foundation, which he expects to be up and running early next year.

Attorney Nigel Hughes will this afternoon reappear before the Linden Commission of Inquiry despite quitting its proceedings yesterday.

Attorney Nigel Hughes today issued a statement on his withdrawal from the Linden Commission of Inquiry yesterday and in what would have likely been his closing statement to the probe declared that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to show that the fatal firings on July 18 had been done by the police.

Discussions about having attorney Nigel Hughes return to the Linden Commission of Inquiry this morning were terminated after Chairman of the Commission Justice Lensley Wolfe stated that he will not “participate in that”.

(Barbados Nation) It will be a labour war in Barbados if either political party or group seeks large-scale layoffs as its remedy for the current economic problems.

(Barbados Nation) An elderly patient was stabbed to death at the Psychiatric Hospital yesterday morning following an alleged altercation with another.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official urged China today to address deep-rooted frustrations that have led to desperate forms of protest by Tibetans, including some 60 self-immolations since March.