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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.

(Trinidad Guardian) The People’s National Movement is standing by its decision to withhold all further support of legislation requiring a special majority that is brought to the Parliament by the Kamla Persad-Bissessar-led Government, following the Section 34 furore, party vice-chairman Camille Robinson-Regis has said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Sunday Gleaner has now confirmed that the Portia Simpson Miller-led administration will announce plans to abandon its long-stated intention to introduce liquefied natural gas (LNG).

(Jamaica Gleaner) A medical doctor practising in Port Antonio, Portland, wept openly in the Home Circuit Court last week after he was freed of a rape charge.

(Trinidad Express) UNC financiers Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson are seeking more than $76 million from the State.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition standard bearer Henrique Capriles mocked President Hugo Chavez’s grandiose campaign pledges two weeks before the election, and vowed to fix voters’ daily problems if he wins.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) has moved its leadership for the first time from Turkey to parts of Syria that are now controlled by rebels, the group’s commander-in-chief said today.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Australia reached the Super Eights at the Twenty20 World Cup today as opening batsmen Shane Watson and David Warner hammered quick runs to help win a rain-hit game against West Indies by 17 runs in Group B.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname’s fishing grounds are being cleaned out on a large scale by dozens of Venezuelan and Guyanese boats while Suriname’s Navy cannot take effective action.

(Trinidad Guardian) Debt-burdened Caribbean nation Belize has won a 60-day reprieve from bondholders after paying a portion of its overdue US$23m debt interest.

(Trinidad Guardian) Director of Transparency International’s chapter in T&T (TTTI) Deryck Murray is commending Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for taking swift action to fire former justice minister Herbert Volney.

(Jamaica Observer) Having only a 42.85 per cent win record against Australia in International Twenty20, West Indies will have their work cut out when they meet the George Bailey-skippered men in their opening ICC World Twenty20 match today at the R Premadasa Stadium, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

(Jamaica Observer) With local boxing slowly regaining its vibrancy, Giomax Entertainment company and Stewart’s Auto Sales have combined in an effort to take the sport to another level with an exciting exhibition bout featuring the enigmatic veteran boxing star Roy ‘Superman’ Jones and streetfighter turned professional boxer, Kimbo ‘The Streetfighter’ Slice.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo is establishing a foundation which will be operational from January 2, 2013.

(Trinidad Express) The police are investigating a report that the son of a Government Minister assaulted a 56-year-old man with a cutlass on Wednesday morning.

(Trinidad Express) Police discovered a suitcase containing approximately TT$1.2 million worth of cocaine at Piarco International Airport on Wednesday.

BENGHAZI, Libya, (Reuters) – The powerful Islamist militia Washington blames for an attack on its Benghazi consulate was swept from its heavily fortified bases in Libya’s second city in a mass popular uprising in support of the government early today.

(Trinidad Express) Former justice minister Herbert Volney said yesterday he offered his resignation to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and was shocked when he saw her on television Thursday night publicly announcing his dismissal.

(WICB) Colombo, Sri Lanka – West Indies captain Darren Sammy exuded confidence on Friday as his team put in their final preparations ahead of their opening match in the ICC World T20 tournament.