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(Reuters) – The world’s largest Islamic body called today for expressions of “Islamophobia” to be curbed by law, just as some countries restrict anti-Semitic speech or Holocaust denial.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United Nations must “immediately” provide protection to areas liberated by rebels in northern Syria, French President Francois Hollande said today, adding that President Bashar al-Assad’s government had no future on the international stage.

(Jamaica Observer) The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is taking serious issue with what it says is the failure of some foreign-owned commercial banks to offer Jamaicans the same customer service standards that they make available to customers in countries where these banks originate.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican security guard has been fingered in the murder of an American couple who resided in Dutch St.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels is arguing that members of the People’s National Party (PNP) who are members of the Cabinet should not be called upon to give evidence in relation Trafigura matter.

TOKYO/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China sent its first aircraft carrier into formal service today amid a tense maritime dispute with Japan in a show of force that could worry its neighbours.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados, which has long said no to onshore casino gambling for its citizens, is about to open the door to cruise ship passengers only in the Bridgetown Port.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ private sector has come in for a tongue-lashing for abandoning agriculture and thinking all investments should instead be made in concrete, construction or tourism.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Good fortune and having children just seem to go together for Norwegian mother Hege Jeanette Oksnes.

(Trinidad Express) While the mortality rate with respect to HIV and Aids in Tobago is on the decline, the infection rate continues to make steady strides and is a developing trend.

(Trinidad Express) Teenager Marcus Akiel Peters was abducted and stabbed to death as he attempted to walk away from an argument at a pool party yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The man who will always be known as the Calypso King of the World, the Mighty Sparrow, received a standing ovation when he came on to the stage at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), in Port of Spain on Saturday evening.

(Trinidad Express) A PRIMARY schoolteacher was fatally stabbed on Saturday night, following an argument with four men over a “bad drive”.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Indian spinners Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla ripped through the England batting to lead their side to a crushing 90-run win in a one-sided Twenty20 World Cup Group A match today.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – An avalanche swept away climbers and their camps on the world’s eighth highest mountain in northwestern Nepal today, killing at least 10 people, officials said.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel of Germany won the Singapore Grand Prix today to narrow the gap on championship leader Fernando Alonso to 29 points.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Jennifer Persaud, 41 years, of Anna Catherina, WCD, and her two sons Afridi Persaud, 6 years, and Jadon Persaud, 1 year 3 months.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – A former Guatemalan army commander accused of taking part in the massacre of more than 200 people during that country’s civil war has been returned to the United States to face charges he lied about his past to gain U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A State Department spokesman sharply criticized CNN on Saturday, saying the network had reported on the diary of American ambassador Christopher Stevens after his death at the U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – In Venezuela’s biggest slum, a graffiti artist stencils a painting of President Hugo Chavez dunking a basketball.