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GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Test opener Kieran Powell hammered an attacking, unbeaten half-century to complete an outstanding match as West Indies A crushed India by ten wickets on the final day of the third and decisive unofficial “Test” here today.

A US federal judge yesterday ordered that a Guyanese woman remain in federal custody in the US state of Connecticut until her next court appearance on mail fraud and conspiracy charges.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for three decades until overthrown by last year, was on life support in hospital, military officials said today, but they denied a report he was clinically dead.

QUITO/LONDON,  (Reuters) – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange is seeking asylum in Ecuador after arriving at the South American nation’s embassy in London, Ecuador’s foreign minister said today, a move that may help the self-styled anti-secrecy crusader avoid extradition to Sweden.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ray Garraway, 23 years of No.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s police force is ruled by “unrestrained abuse and brutality” and has failed to investigate and prosecute sexual assault and domestic violence in the U.S.

(Reuters) – American singer Bobby Brown has remarried in Hawaii, four months after the drowning death of his ex-wife Whitney Houston, People magazine reported today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England captain Alastair Cook struck 112 to secure England a 2-0 one-day series win over West Indies with a match to spare after the home side defeated the visitors by eight wickets at The Oval today.

Officials of Sithe Global, the developer of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Project, say that the delay in financial closure of the project until next year will likely result in a higher overall contract cost since foreign currency exchange rates could change over the period.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican triple world record holder Usain Bolt has been listed at number 63 on the Forbes top 100 highest paid sports personalities list.

(Reuters) – Laura Pendergest-Holt, former chief investment officer for Allen Stanford, has agreed to plead guilty and will receive a three-year prison sentence for her role in a $7 billion fraud, a source familiar with the case said today.

(Barbados Nation) Thirty percent of the candidates who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) in the 2011 May to June sitting obtained no subjects at acceptable grades.

(Trinidad Express) Thirty-three people yesterday appeared before a Tunapuna Magistrate charged with various levels of involvement in a “vice party” held over the Father’s Day weekend.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies, sent in by England, reached 238 for nine off their 50 overs in the second One-Day International of the three-match series at the Oval here today.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The small-scale gold mining industry exported close to 19,000 kilograms of gold in 2011, at least on paper.

(Trinidad Express) The Court of Appeal has refused to grant leave to a group of CLICO policyholders to go to the Privy Council to challenge the decision of the local court to deny them pre-emptive and interim costs to pursue their legal challenge of the bailout plan offered to them by Finance Minister Winston Dookeran.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China will contribute $43 billion to the International Monetary Fund’s crisis-fighting reserves, state news agency Xinhua confirmed on Tuesday, without providing details.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court today declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office, plunging the country into another political crisis.

(Trinidad Express) There has been a 13 per cent increase in the number of people living on the nation’s streets.