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(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese national, an illegal immigrant, will spend the next two years in jail for stealing from the man who hired him to work as a mason at his home.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Gunmen shot and killed two local leaders of parties backing presidential challenger Henrique Capriles yesterday in the worst violence of a volatile campaign before Venezuela’s election next weekend.

(Trinidad Express) Come November 15, Value Added Tax (VAT) on all food items, except luxury items such as champagne and caviar, will be removed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Some 17 organisations, including the People’s National Movement, the Movement for Social Justice, the Joint Consultative Council and other civil organisations last night demanded the immediate removal of National Security Minister Jack Warner and Attorney General Anand Ramlogan from the Cabinet.

(BBC) Sri Lanka are on the brink of the World Twenty20 semi-finals after thrashing the West Indies by nine wickets to go top of their Super Eights group.

(BBC) Luke Wright cracked five sixes in his 76 as England beat New Zealand by six wickets in the Super Eights to revive their World Twenty20 hopes.

(Trinidad Guardian) President of the Caribbean Cardiac Society Dr Ronald Henry says research has shown that T&T is the heart-attack capital of the western hemisphere and has called on the Government to provide more funding for health.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prof Clement Sankat, principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine campus, would like to see a more active Caribbean Community (Caricom) in the affairs of the region.

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting President Timothy Hamel-Smith has suggested improvements for the Parliament to prevent recurrence of the Section 34 issue.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Constabulary Force has revealed that an analysis done using its Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS) has shown that a firearm, still in the hands of criminals, was used to kill as many as 16 people in separate incidents across St Catherine over a two-year period.

MOGADISHU,  (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels withdrew from their last major bastion of Kismayu overnight, the group and residents said, a day after Kenyan and Somali government forces attacked the southern port.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The eight-year-old girl who was raped at her home in Irwin, St James, Monday night, has said she is afraid of going back to school and wants to leave the country.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni wants his batsmen to throw caution to the wind and play their natural attacking game in tomorrow’s crucial match against Pakistan to revive their stuttering World Twenty20 campaign.

(Barbados Nation)  Church leaders said a resounding “no” to the likelihood of casino gambling being allowed on board cruise liners berthed in the Bridgetown Port.

(Trinidad Express)  men detained and beaten by police officers and soldiers who stormed the St Michael’s Spiritual Baptist Church in Penal four years ago will be compensated more than half a million dollars.

(Trinidad Express) It is too late now to raise reservations about the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as a final appellate court, former Jamaica prime minister Percival Noel James Patterson has said.

(Trinidad Express) High Court judge Justice James Aboud has dismissed the challenge against extradition of a 26-year-old Trinidad man who is wanted in the United States for murdering three people, attempting to murder a fourth, and illegally possessing a firearm.

(Trinidad Express) There will be a complete security overhaul of the country’s coastal areas, National Security Minister Jack Warner said in Tobago yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Guyanese batsman Narsingh Deonarine has become the third West Indies cricketer to have his arbitration matter with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) decided in his favour.

(Trinidad Express) The CLICO Policyholders Group said yesterday it was disappointed that the Government is yet to disclose the specific purpose for a recent TT$2 billion, 15-year fixed rate bond.