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KABUL,  (Reuters) – A 14-year-old suicide bomber detonated explosives near the heavily barricaded NATO headquarters in Kabul today, killing six civilians including children, NATO and local officials said.

(Reuters) – Australia will begin this month’s Twenty20 World Cup ranked 10th in the world in the shortest form of the game after losing a thrilling match to Pakistan in a ‘super over’ in Dubai.

(Trinidad Express) Republic Bank Ltd has passed on to the police information relating to a video showing an elderly man being savaged by two security guards at one of its automated teller machines (ATMs) at Centre City Mall, Chaguanas last year.

(Trinidad Express) In an effort to decrease the price of animal feed locally, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj is planning to plant 1,000 acres of corn.

(Reuters) – A lawsuit claiming U.S. securities regulators were negligent in failing to respond earlier to Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme can go forward for now, a federal judge ruled in Florida today.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Leslie was downgraded to a tropical storm today as it swirled over the Atlantic on a track toward Bermuda but is expected to regain hurricane strength before passing by the island on Sunday, the U.S.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan held their nerve to win a thrilling Twenty20 international against Australia off the final ball of a super over after the match finished in a tie today.

The Office of the President this afternoon offered condolences on the passing of former Police Commissioner, Henry Greene today.

(Trinidad Guardian) If a tsunami is heading towards Port-of-Spain, buses will take people from the capital city to places like the Lady Young lookout or the Northern Range which are more than 30 to 40 feet high, says the CEO of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM), Dr Stephen Ramroop.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Yohan Blake won the men’s 200m today in 19.54, from training partner, Jason Young in19.92 at the Brussels Diamond League.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic champion Usain Bolt recovered from a poor start to dominate the men’s 100m in 9.86 in a Jamaican sweep of the event.

The police today said that Prem Persaud also known as Prem Rampersaud of Lot Six Herstelling and Prospect, East Bank Demerara is wanted for questioning in connection with a series of fraud-related offences.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Association of Contractors, Construction and Consultants (JACCC) yesterday called on the Government to intervene on their behalf, in light of recent disclosure that the re-registration of 81 grade one contractors was being held up by the National Contracts Commission (NCC).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents of the community of Maroon Town in south St James were yesterday cowering in fear following a string of violent incidents that escalated on Wednesday night and left a young couple gunned down at their business place in the area.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Two shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquakes hit mountainous southwestern China today, killing at least 64 people and forcing tens of thousands of people from damaged buildings, state media said.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) A former senior prosecutor who has served across the Caribbean is asserting that judges in Jamaica and the rest of the region are not capable of delivering judgments that are on par with their British counterparts.

(Barbados Nation) Two customs brokers charged in connection with a more than Bds$2.6 million, 664-pound marijuana find in a container at the Bridgetown Port were released on bail when they appeared in the Bridgetown Traffic Court yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has been told that it needs to take quick corrective action, similar to what was done in 1991, in order to turn around the ailing economy.

Former Commissioner of Police Henry Greene died this morning after he was involved in a  head-on collision with a truck at Harlem, West Coast Demerara this morning. 

(Trinidad Express) It starts innocuously enough. A security guard assists an elderly man with his transaction at an ATM.