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(Trinidad Express) The brother of executed murderer Dole Chadee, aka Nankissoon Boodram, was shot to death yesterday afternoon.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said bloodshed in Syria would only end if there were “effective interference” from outside.

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says former minister in the Ministry of National Security Collin Partap may yet be prosecuted for failing to take a breathalyser test.

Acting on a tip-off today, police captured a high-profile Brazilian fugitive who was among several inmates who escaped from a Boa Vista prison in July.

(WICB) Bridgetown, Barbados — Windward Islands are the champions of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Under-19 50-over tournament.

Police are working on the theory that a soured car deal may have led to the brutal murder of taxi driver Sean De Freitas Sookdeo, after new information surfaced that threats were made to his life about a month ago after he failed to deliver a promised car.

TRES MARIAS, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Two U.S. officials shot and wounded by Mexican federal police just south of the capital were CIA officers, security sources say, and the attack could badly hurt U.S.-Mexico

Cuban state media say an explosion at a gas station in the eastern city of Santiago has injured 31 people, five seriously, the Associated Press reported today.

(Jamaica Observer) The Customs Department says it will not interfere with the importation of sex toys into Jamaica until the attorney general makes a ruling on their legality.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics launched the world’s first smartphone using Microsoft Corp’s latest mobile software today, only days after losing a crucial patent battle with Apple Inc.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad blamed the Turkish government today for violence in a 17-month-old uprising in the country, in which thousands have died.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Floodwater from Hurricane Isaac jumped a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans today, but the multibillion-dollar barriers built to protect the city itself after the 2005 Katrina disaster held firm, officials said.

A post-mortem examination was today performed on the body of Shoala Gilgeous of South Sophia, Georgetown, by Government Pathologist Dr.

(Jamaica Observer) Lottery scam inflows may be Jamaica’s third largest foreign exchange earner.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Seeking to breathe new life into his long legal struggle to reverse drug-related convictions, Grammy-winning Jamaican entertainer Buju Banton has hired fresh legal muscle to take over his appeal.

(Barbados Nation) Former Attorney General Dale Marshall thinks that Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin has been given a raw deal and should not allow himself to be transferred to another section of the public service.

(Barbados Nation) The international financial institution which approved US$35 million in funding for Barbados’ HIV/AIDS fight is not very satisfied with what has been done so far.

(Trinidad Express) Collin Partab may have been the latest minister to get axed by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, but he was not the first.

(Trinidad Express) Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal said yesterday that the police have another six months in which to lay charges against former minister in the ministry of national security, Collin Partap, for failing to take the initial breathalyser test.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Isaac drove water over the top of a levee on the outskirts of New Orleans today, triggering life-threatening flooding seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina, authorities said.