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(Trinidad Express) Inequality in the bail system is allowing gang leaders to stand bail for poor people who then have to commit crimes to pay back their bail money, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has said.

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – West Indies, sent in to bat by England, were bowled out for 426 at lunch on the fourth day of the third and final Test at Edgbaston here today.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – The crowd fell into silence for seconds, some wept unabashedly as they stared quietly at a giant screen in a Manila public park after Manny Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight crown on a controversial split decision yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Pertinent files containing information about the operations of the failed Hindu Credit Union (HCU), kept at the offices of the Commissioner for Co-operative Development, have gone missing.

(Reuters) LAS VEGAS, – Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines was stunned by American Timothy Bradley last night, surrendering his WBO welterweight title on a controversial split decision at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

(Trinidad Express) Police are investigating the discovery of two bodies bearing gunshot wounds in the Hindustan, New Grant, community yesterday morning and Friday night and have taken a relative of one of the victims into custody for questioning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chris Gayle’s ability to draw a crowd has been demonstrated once again with Hampshire bringing in an extra 2000 seats for the one-day international on June 16 at West End.

(Trinidad Express) Government’s intervention in the collapsed CL Financial conglomerate (CLF) will not end anytime soon.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND,  (Reuters) – West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul could play in the rain-affected third and final test against England at Edgbaston after scan results showed a side injury was not serious.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actress Shirley MacLaine was honored with the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award on T hursday night for roles in movies including “Terms of Endearment,” “Steel Magnolias” and “Postcards from the Edge.”

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – I’ll Have Another was retired from racing after suffering a freak injury on the eve of Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes, ending his bid to win the elusive Triple Crown of American thoroughbred racing.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – No man has won seven French Open titles and no man in 43 years has won four grand slams in a row – and only one of these dreams will be realised at the French Open after Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic on Friday set up a lip-smacking final showdown.

(Reuters) – The Miss Universe Organization today launched a legal action for defamation against a beauty queen who said recent Miss USA pageant results were rigged.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Jamaican world champion sprinter Yohan Blake would not mind if history repeated itself on Saturday at the New York grand prix meeting, a key Diamond League series test in the run-up to the London Olympics.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Actress Lindsay Lohan escaped injury in a major car crash today after her Porsche collided with an dump truck on a Southern California highway.

(Reuters) – Reclusive Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill responded today to charges of failing to file federal income tax returns, saying she had chosen to “defer” payments during a period of withdrawal from society to protect her family’s safety.

(Trinidad Express) Hours after Government announced its new anti-crime campaign on Wednesday, four thieves smashed their way into the Port of Spain branch of the Bank of Baroda, and demanded the keys opening the vault to millions of dollars.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller is not the only high-profile public figure whose National Housing Trust (NHT) account was affected in an embarrassing case of fraud at the housing agency for which five persons, including a senior employee, have been charged.

(Jamaica Observer) In imposing the maximum sentence on Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, Judge Robert Patterson said the testimonies of two prosecution witnesses was credible enough and had been corroborated.

The case of Christopher Husbands, a Guyanese who has been charged with the killing of a man and the wounding of six others at Toronto’s Eaton Centre has sparked controversy in Canada over the systems for background checks and the monitoring of house arrest.