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MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – A member of punk band Pussy Riot was freed on appeal today but a Moscow court upheld prison sentences for two others imposed over a raucous cathedral protest against Vladimir Putin, who said they had got the jail terms they deserved.

Bakewell owner Naeem Nasir, 52, passed away yesterday at the Balwant Singh Hospital at around 11.15 pm after a period of illness.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga has called for the Portia Simpson Miller administration to “put aside timidity” and embrace the policy of a pegged Jamaican exchange rate to the United States dollar.

(Barbados Nation) Mourners attending a burial in the Christ Church Parish Church’s cemetery on Monday evening were mortified when they stumbled upon a hole containing burnt skeletal remains.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has provisionally suspended six umpires who allegedly agreed to spot-fix matches during a recent sting operation conducted by an Indian television channel.

(Reuters) – Singer Asha Bhosle’s daughter Varsha committed suicide on Monday morning, police said.

(Trinidad Express) A murder accused prisoner, who three times before used trickery to escape custody, fooled police a fourth time on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Jack Warner yesterday placed an information blackout on all crime reports coming out of police stations, “with immediate effect”.

Ricardo Rodrigues who is wanted by the police for questioning in connection with the recent discovery of a cache of arms in Lethem this morning turned himself into police at Eve Leary.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – R&B star Rihanna and rapper Nicki Minaj led nominations for the American Music Awards with four apiece today, edging out stiff competition from pop sensations Justin Bieber and One Direction.

BELLEFONTE, Pa.,  (Reuters) – Serial child molester Jerry Sandusky, a former Pennsylvania State University football coach, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison today for abusing young, at-risk boys for more than a decade.

Four Queens, New York teenagers of Guyanese parentage were killed yesterday when the car they were in – driven by a 17-year-old with only a learner’s permit – ran off a stretch of a Long Island highway and into a tree.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname has made little progress in taxing the informal gold industry the IMF states in its recently issued country report.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Starting November, local fishermen will have to do with less security at sea because the budget for the joint project of the Navy and police to increase patrols in fishing grounds will be depleted by the end of this month.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Moments before he could hit the send button to wish his daughter a happy birthday on Sunday, Coswell Duncan, a music teacher at Tivoli Gardens High School was instead struck by news that Annya Duncan was one of three people killed in a plane crash in Antigua.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad-born Mervyn Malcolm Dymally who rose to become the first black man in the United States to serve in the California Senate and as the State’s lieutenant governor, has died at the age of 86.

(Trinidad Express) The drop in crime in all the hotspots has been achieved without the expenditure associated with the $80 million Stephen Mastrofski plan, the $10 million Major-General Cameron Ross plan or two Canadians (a reference to former commissioner of police Dwayne Gibbs and deputy commissioner Jack Ewatski), National Security Minister Jack Warner boasted yesterday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation into match-fixing allegations made by an Indian television channel against international umpires.

Tiffany Peters is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to Forgery and Larceny by Clerk or Servant committed at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

President Donald Ramotar today congratulated Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on his victory at that country’s general elections on Sunday.