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(WICB) Colombo, Sri Lanka – Marlon Samuels believes he will have a key role to play in the West Indies team in the upcoming ICC World T20 tournament.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has ordered a security review for U.S.

KHARTOUM/TUNIS, (Reuters) – Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East today with protesters attacking U.S.

Canada on Tuesday said that effective that day citizens of St.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Members of a Syrian opposition group will visit China next week, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday, weeks after an envoy of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s visited, as Beijing steps up diplomacy to help resolve the crisis gripping the country.

(Trinidad Express) Plans by National Security Minister Jack Warner to acquire shares in two local newspapers were “unfortunate” and undemocratic, says executive director of the Centre for Law and Democracy Toby Mendel.

(Trinidad Express) After close to ten hours of debate, the House of Representatives passed the amendment to the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act close to midnight on Wednesday which will see the removal of the controversial Section 34.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar can take her sister Vidwatie Newton on any overseas trip she wishes at State expense as the Integrity Commission has found there was no breach of the Public Life Act when the PM did so in the past.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Afghan-American allegedly caught with more than euro 300,000 at the Norman Manley International airport is to return to court on September 27.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The West Indies lost their warm-up match to Sri Lanka by nine wickets today ahead of the World Twenty20 competition.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has responded to the disparaging comments by Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe against Jamaican men calling them unfortunate, misguided and disrespectful.

(Barbados Nation) Eight young men, charged with the theft of copper and cable from businesses in St Thomas and St Michael, were remanded when they appeared in the Bridgetown Traffic Court yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Margaret Yvonne King, 48 years of Harmony Hall, St.

(Trinidad Express) An “oversight” by the “entire Parliament”. That’s how Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday explained the crisis created by Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act, which has provided an avenue for businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson and others charged in the Piarco corruption scandal to escape prosecution.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0100h.

Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) says it is extremely concerned at the recent allegations of irregularity in the tendering process for the US$18.1m specialty hospital and it welcomed the government decision to review the contract.

(Trinidad Express) Security has been strengthened at the United States Embassy in Port of Spain in light of the killing of four American personnel including ambassador Chris Stevens at the United States Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Public Affairs Officer Alexander McLaren has said.

Sydney, (Reuters) – Australia can win the Twenty20 World Cup this month, test captain Michael Clarke said on Thursday, even if they are ranked ninth in the world and will have to do it without him.

SANAA/CAIRO, (Reuters) – Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt today in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam, and American warships headed towards Libya after the U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government yesterday announced it would stage a special celebratory event in honour of the country’s Olympians in October, during the Heroes weekend festivities, after the island’s historic 12-medal haul at the London Games a few weeks ago.