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(Jamaica Gleaner) Forty four Haitians have been declared dead due to Hurricane Sandy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A system believed to be a tornado caused extensive damage when it hit Somerset in western Bermuda this morning, cancelling several flights.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The Sydney Sixers made light work of the Highveld Lions as the Australian side cantered to a 10-wicket win in the Champions League Twenty20 final at the Wanderers in Johannesburg today.

(ICC) Sri Lanka and New Zealand will launch what will be an interesting couple of months of Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) when the two sides go head to head in a one-off match at Pallekele on Tuesday 30 October.

LONDON, (Reuters) – One-time British pop star Gary Glitter was arrested on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, the BBC said.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma intends to drop a four-year-old lawsuit claiming nearly $600,000 in damages from a cartoonist who depicted him poised to rape “Lady Justice”, his office said today.

KADUNA,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a jeep packed with explosives into a Catholic church in northern Nigeria today, killing at least eight people, injuring more than 100 and triggering reprisal attacks that killed at least two more, officials said.

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said today.

A 31-year-old carpenter of Ithaca, West Bank Berbice was chopped to death during a brawl at Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme, Blairmont around 9:15 last night and several suspects were taken into

(Reuters) – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today ordered public schools closed on Monday and said that areas of the city from City Island to Coney Island to Battery Park City were under mandatory evacuation because of approaching Hurricane Sandy.

Jamaica Producers (JP) is feeling the wrath of Sandy. The damage inflicted by the Category One hurricane last week is significant, said Jeffrey Hall, JP’s managing director.

(Barbados Nation) Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell has gone head-to-head with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss, telling her that her agency has been giving “bad advice” to countries like Barbados and, like it or lump it, devaluation is not an option for this country.

(Trinidad Express) Former chairman of defunct airline BWIA Arthur Lok Jack and his board of directors are fighting back over allegations contained in a report that they undersold the prized landing slots at Heathrow International Airport in London, England for 5 million pounds sterling.

HONOLULU,  (Reuters) – At least 100,000 people in Hawaii were ordered to move from the shoreline to higher ground late on Saturday after a tsunami warning, but the first waves were less forceful than had been feared and no damage was initially reported.

GREATER NOIDA, India,  (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix today and stretched his Formula One championship lead over Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, who was a battling second, to 13 points with three races remaining.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Pakistani politician Imran Khan, a former cricket star and critic of U.S.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The police are still investigating the brutal murder of 28-year-old Charlene Mertowirijo by her former partner Rishi G.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Yusuf Sadeek, 52 years, of Patentia, WBD, which occurred at about 0005h.

(Trinidad Guardian) Drama unfolded at Piarco International airport early yesterday morning when a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) newly acquired ATR 72-600 (BW 300) with 44 passengers and four crew aboard had to return yesterday after a section of the plane’s exterior panelling peeled away shortly after take-off at 6.49.

(Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies star batsman Chris Gayle was moved to tears yesterday as he helped to unveil a cricket nursery named in his honour at his club, Lucas, on Preston Road in east Kingston.