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Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett says Guyanese continue to be unfairly targeted by authorities in Trinidad.

The Community Policing Organisation today expressed shock at the passing of former Police Commissioner Henry Greene and lauded his work.

Murders down 12%, armed robberies up 23% over last year Police statistics for up to August this year compared to the same period last year showed that serious crime was down by 2% but armed robberies were up by 23%.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – The world needs to find the equivalent of the flow of 20 Nile rivers by 2025 to grow enough food to feed a rising population and help avoid conflicts over water scarcity, a group of former leaders said today.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE — After the political reshuffling of the cabinet, President Bouterse is now drastically restructuring the administrative management at the ministries.

(de Ware Tijd) TAMANSARIE/PARAMARIBO – People were elated on the prospects of a new sugar factory in the District of Commewijne.

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams yesterday suggested that media workers seek police assistance before venturing into high-risk areas to carry out their assignments.

(Trinidad Express) A 22-year-old Valencia man was gunned down yesterday afternoon near the home of his relatives located off Sparrow Drive, Petit Valley.

(Jamaica Observer) Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell says he will bounce back from the disappointment of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief pressed Iran today to grant his inspectors immediate access to the Parchin military site, where they believe Tehran may have conducted explosives tests relevant to the development of nuclear weapons.

(Trinidad Express) Congress of the People (COP) vice-chairman Vernon De Lima’s motion to have National Security Minister Jack Warner removed from Cabinet failed by majority vote yesterday.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Leslie churned east of Bermuda on Sunday, buffeting the island with stiff winds and rain and heading on a path that may carry it to Canada’s easternmost province of Newfoundland.

(de Ware Tijd) ZANDERIJ – National carrier SLM has finally obtained permission from the French authorities for the Paramaribo-Cayenne-Belem route.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams, through sheer force of will as much as her unquestionable skill, beat world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-2 2-6 7-5 in a dramatic U.S.

The lifeless body of a 15-year-old boy was this afternoon pulled from the Lama Conservancy, commonly called the `Blacka’.

(WICB) Bridgetown, Barbados – Darren Sammy urged fans to continue to “rally around the West Indies”, as his side flew out to Sri Lanka today for this month’s World Twenty20 Tournament.

(Trinidad Guardian) CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb confirmed on Thursday that the United States’ Internal Revenue Services (IRS), accounting firm BDO International and global legal company Sidley Austin LLP are working in tandem to scrutinise the legacy of his predecessor and National Security Minister Jack Warner.

(Trinidad Guardian) The biggest fraud cases in this country’s history—which saw billions of dollars in taxpayers money allegedly being pumped into the pockets of the United National Congress (UNC) financiers—are expected to be dismissed later this week.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A media entity in Zimbabwe has reported that the country’s president, Robert Mugabe, has taken an unprovoked swipe at Jamaica and, in particular, Jamaican men.

Police say that at about 1100h yesterday, fisherman Shameer Safeek, 44 years of Good Hope, ECD, and three crew members were fishing in the Pomeroon, Essequibo area when they were attacked and robbed by four men in another boat who were all armed with firearms.